Celebrating International Infection Prevention Week with the latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality
Celebrating International Infection Prevention Week with the latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality.
Friday, October 21, 2022

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International Infection Prevention Week Resources From PSQH
As International Infection Prevention Week wraps up, we want to thank infection preventionists for all the hard work they do every day. In Friday’s issue of Patient Safety & Quality Insider, we’re recapping the content we ran this week for IIPW.

News & Analysis

Review Needlestick Training After ER Nurse Acquires Monkeypox
Remind clinical staff and others about sharps safety now that the CDC has confirmed an emergency department nurse contracted monkeypox in Florida from a needlestick. It is the first healthcare-acquired monkeypox case in the United States since a public health emergency was declared earlier this year.
PSQH: The Podcast

PSQH: The Podcast Episode 64 – Spotlighting the Danger of Non-Ventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia

On episode 64 of PSQH: The Podcast, Dian Baker, a professor at the School of Nursing, California State University, Sacramento, talks about hospital-acquired pneumonia. This episode is part of PSQH’s activities for International Infection Prevention Week.

Industry Events

Sunday, 12/6 - IHI Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care

Thursday, 2/16/23 - International Conference on Patient Safety in Healthcare

Saturday, 3/4/23 - 2023 World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit

PSQH Infection Prevention Week

Visit PSQH’s Infection Prevention Week coverage each day for updates.

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Building a High-Reliability Organization: A Toolkit for Success, Second Edition

This book looks at the role leadership played in transforming their facilities into high-reliability organizations (HRO). By implementing top-down processes that translate throughout the organization, leaders can create environments that foster high reliability, patient safety, and care. Through the use of checklists, the authors demonstrate how situational awareness and structure can be created, leading to the HRO goal of preventing adverse events and errors.

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