Quality & Patient Safety Newsletters

Listed below are recent articles for this department, grouped by publication. To access the full archives of a publication, click its related Archive link to the far right.

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Briefings on Infection Control

• Environmental services: Prevent infections and ensure safety

  Even with initiatives such as hand hygiene awareness, respiratory etiquette, and standard and...

• ESSENCE provides hospitals with early flu virus detection

  When H1N1 outbreaks were first encountered in April, the Maryland Department of Health was one of...

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Briefings on The Joint Commission

• Hand hygiene rates improved through variety of reinforcement styles

  It takes more than one method to bring a hospital’s hand hygiene compliance rate up over 90...

• Facility cuts timelines, develops a standardized pain tool

  There are various ways pain can be measured by hospital staff members, depending on the...

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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety)

• 2010 NPSGs reduce requirements, burden on hospitals

  The Joint Commission has released the 2010 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG), announcing to the...

• Voice recording technology improves patient handoffs

  When Kathleen Mikos, RN, MSN, vice president of patient care and chief nursing officer, came to...