Using Incident Reporting in Healthcare to Improve Sepsis Outcomes
Incident reporting in healthcare is a tool for preventing sepsis, a potentially life-threatening condition. By capturing and analyzing incidents,...
Infection Control
Measuring the Impact of Patient Safety Events
Measuring and tracking patient safety events can have a meaningful impact in making care safer and reducing costs through the prevention of...
How to Reduce Healthcare Acquired Conditions
Implementing an effective reduction program for healthcare acquired conditions is essential for improving infection control and patient outcomes....
Reduce HAIs by Using Checklists in Healthcare
Preventing healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) is an important goal for any healthcare organization to improve patient safety. A ...
Precautions for Infection Control and Prevention in the Post-COVID Era
Each year, the global community becomes more aware of how important it is to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious diseases. As we have seen...
Proactive Infection Prevention in Healthcare
According to the CDC, HAIs are contracted by an estimated 1.7 million patients annually and are responsible for 99,000 deaths each year in the U.S....
10 Things for CFOs to Know About Healthcare Acquired Infections
Healthcare acquired infections cost billions of dollars in added expenses to the healthcare system each year. (1) With the healthcare industry’s...
Tackling the Challenge of Hand Hygiene and Infection Control
The Center for Disease Control estimates that on any given day, 1 in 31 hospital patients has an HAI or healthcare-associated infection. (1) Up to 70...
Reducing HAIs Through A Healthcare Reporting System
The Center for Disease Control estimates that 1 in 31 hospital patients has an HAI on any given day. (1) Although many HAIs are preventable, their...
5 Steps for Infection Control in Nursing Homes
Over 1.3 million Americans are admitted to or reside in nursing homes each year. (1) Like patients in acute care facilities, nursing home residents...