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

• Joint Commission looks at culture, improvements

  The Joint Commission has made significant steps to improve its performance and culture in 2009, the...

• Joint Commission’s role in internal quality data

  In a world where a consumer can collect encyclopedic knowledge on a car or home electronics...

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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety)

• Patient Safety First campaign focuses staff, patients on common goal

  Keeping many new patient safety topics and initiatives fresh in the minds of frontline caregivers...

• Growth in cross-cultural competency improves patient care

  Overcoming the cultural boundaries that can prevent a patient-doctor relationship from forming can...