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Un-vaccinated mothers, aging doctors, and hand hygiene
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
 

News Headlines

CDC urges pregnant women to get vaccinated
Source: Accreditation & Quality Compliance Center

Most mothers-to-be have not received vaccinations for both the flu or whooping cough according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) Tuesday afternoon.

High-risk patients have lower mortality rates at major teaching hospitals
Source: Accreditation & Quality Compliance Center

The 30-day mortality rate for these high-risk patients was 15.9% at major teaching hospitals, compared with 18.2% at non-teaching hospitals.

 

Newsletter Articles

Hand hygiene compliance insights from the University of Tennessee Medical Center
Source: Patient Safety Monitor Journal

To reach compliance goals of 90% or higher, systems need to measure 100% of all hand hygiene events. 

When is a doctor too old? Finding new roles for aging clinicians
Source: Inside Accreditation & Quality

It turns out the doctor doesn’t always know best—at least not when it comes time to hang up the scalpel.

 

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Brian Ward, Associate Editor

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