Toronto Rehab's new "handy" auditing tool helps health care providers improve ...CNW Telbec (Communiqué de presse)Each year in Canada about 8000 patients - or approximately 22 people a day - die fr...
Doctors to discuss making hospitals infection freeTimes of IndiaInfections acquired in hospitals not only increase the cost and prolong stay in a hospital but may also lead to worse outcome, even d...
Physicians Are Talking About: Tort Reform: Does Saying "I'm Sorry" Help?MedscapeThe primary issue after a medical error becomes a matter of addressing the patient's needs. And by serving patient ne...
stv.tvHospitals to face tougher inspections in wake of deadly C-diff outbreakstv.tvLabour calls on Scottish government to introduce a new regime to help prevent outbreaks of hospital acquired infec...
Bid to cut hospital bugsABC OnlineIt is believed to be one of the factors behind hospital-acquired infections which affect almost 2300 Tasmanians a year. The Health Minister Lara Giddings ...and mo...
St. Francis Hospital In Hartford Is On Probation For One YearHartford Courant"The hospital lacked a mechanism to process critical incidents effectively and expeditiously in order to ensure patient ...
Silver, copper bullets may help slash hospital infectionsThaindian.comOne application of these antimicrobials is an antimicrobial face mask designed to guard against pathogens that result in many h...
Durbin Offers Amendment Designed to Attract Medical Professionals to Rural VA ...eNews Park Forest“In Marion, we've seen first-hand the need for improving patient safety and quality management. Wit...
...Ministry wanted to clarify that the innoculation was given according to instructions for administering it to dialysis patients, such as the victim, and that the timing was a coincidence. In add...
Novexel Starts Phase II Clinical Trial With NXL103 In Adults With Acute ...PR NewsChannel (press release)The significant increase in the incidence of MRSA in community as well as hospital acquired ...
Dismore - Hospital acquired infections (London)DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the incidence of (a) MRSA and (b) clostridium dif...
LaserBand Announces GPO Contract with MedAssets Supply Chain Systems for ...ReutersMember Facilities Will Benefit from Cost Savings and Improved Patient Safety ST. LOUIS--(Business Wire)-- LaserBan...
Hospital NewsInfection control part of hospital cultureHospital NewsKey quality and safety indicators focus on various hospital acquired infections and hand washing rates. At one point, Windsor Reg...
MedPage TodayMedical Errors, Malpractice, and Healthcare ReformMedPage TodayPreventable medical errors are a critical driver of healthcare costs, both in human and financial terms, so it's in every...
Michigan hospital quality project goes nationalCrain's Detroit BusinessThe new funding will help the Keystone Center and other hospitals develop processes to prevent other hospital-acquired infecti...
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