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SHEA Issues Infection Control Guidance for Anesthesiology
Published in SHEA’s journal Infection Control & Healthcare Epidemiology, the guidance provides steps for improving infection prevention using increased hand hygiene, environmental disinfection, and continuous improvement plans.
 

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IHI Releases Framework for Board Governance of Health System Quality
The framework and tool are designed to help the approximately 80,000 health system trustees in the U.S. navigate the complex world of overseeing quality.
Joint Commission Revises Suicide Prevention National Patient Safety Goal
The revised requirements are based on more than a year of research, public field review, and analysis with multiple panels convened by TJC and representing provider organizations, suicide prevention experts, behavioral facility design experts, and other key stakeholders.
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Using Patient Engagement to Reduce Diagnostic Errors
The research features an examination of 184 narratives from patients or family members about diagnostic errors collected in a new database maintained by the Empowered Patient Coalition.
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The Use of a Triple-Emitter, UV-C Energy Disinfection System to Reduce CAUTI and CLABSI Rates
After experiencing an increase in Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections and Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in its Medical Intensive Care Unit, Jersey Shore University Medical Center implemented a triple emitter, UV-C energy disinfection system. Click here to download a white paper to learn how the system was put in place.
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The Use of a Triple-Emitter, UV-C Energy Disinfection System to Reduce CAUTI and CLABSI Rates
After experiencing an increase in Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections and Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in its Medical Intensive Care Unit, Jersey Shore University Medical Center implemented a triple emitter, UV-C energy disinfection system. Click here to download a white paper to learn how the system was put in place.
 

Industry Events

Sunday, 12/9 - 2018 IHI National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare

Friday, 1/18/19 - 7th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit

Tuesday, 1/29/19 - 2019 CMS Quality Conference

Wednesday, 1/30/19 - 2019 Virginia Patient Safety Summit
 

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