High Reliability Organization
The 8-Step Program to Becoming CAUTI-Free
Since 2014 only slight improvements have been reported each year. So, what is causing this CAUTI epidemic?
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Healthcare Associated Infections
High Reliability Organization
The ROI of High Reliability Series #2: Reducing HACs
We've created some tips on how to achieve high reliability by reducing your hospital acquired conditions.
Hand Hygiene
Digitization and Consolidation of Quality Observation Data
Digitizing observation data is essential for performance improvement because the EHR is unable to effectively collect and aggregate quality data.
Patient Safety & Clinical Quality
Legionnaires' Disease, is your facility at risk?
We will examine the factors that are playing a role in the increase in reports or Legionnaires' Disease and what can be done to increase patient...
Patient Safety & Clinical Quality
VAE Prevention Strategies & Tips | Healthcare Associated Infections
Find out what data is needed for collection and reporting in order to reduce VAE rates. (healthcare associated infections)
Hand Hygiene
Sepsis: The Unintended Legacy of Duke & Ali [PART I]
Sepsis - Boxing Champ and “Miracle Worker” Actress Leave an Unintended Legacy
Hand Hygiene
The CDC & the WHO Take on Hand Hygiene... WHO wins?
Hand Hygiene - the 3 step method, or the 6 step method?
Patient Safety & Clinical Quality
Strategies for Nurse Driven CAUTI Prevention
Our in-house RN, Kimberlee Aubrey, offers strategies for nurses to drive CAUTI prevention.
Hand Hygiene
Are your manicured fingernails spreading infection?
The World Health Organization (WHO) states that HCWs who wear artificial nails are more likely to harbor Gram-negative pathogens on their...
Hand Hygiene
NOROVIRUS - The gift no one wants!
This is the time of year when it seems that everyone is sick, some with cold and flu, but many with gastrointestinal illnesses.
Hand Hygiene
Hand Hygiene - Patients Should Not Have to Remind Us to Wash Our Hands
Hand Hygiene - Should Patients be Reminding us to Wash our Hands?
Hand Hygiene
The Dirty Truth of Hand Hygiene
We know that pathogens causing Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) are most frequently spread between patients on the hands of healthcare workers
Patient Safety & Clinical Quality
CAUTI & CLABSI: Ending the Blame Game
As professionals in healthcare, we are taught and trained to heal, not harm. But when poor patient outcomes occur, who is to blame?
Hand Hygiene
4 Most Important Improvements to Your Hand Hygiene Program
What are the 4 things hospitals can implement to improve their hand hygiene?
Patient Safety & Clinical Quality
The Solution to Healthcare's Hemorrhaging Costs of CAUTI & CLABSI
The Hemorrhaging Costs of CAUTI & CLABSI in Healthcare.