The latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality. The latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality.
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News & Analysis | | Tighter Focus on Nursing Home Infection Control Offers More Effective Patient Safety | | Duties of an on-site infection preventionist would include gathering and reporting data on different infections to the state and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and doing rounds through the facility to observe direct care practices, providing coaching and feedback if necessary. If a resident had previously been treated for an infection, the preventionist would follow up with them. |
| New Study Touts Value of In-Person Training for Patient Portal Use | | New research conducted at the Ohio State University College of Medicine and published in JAMA Network Open finds that patients who are trained by their healthcare providers in person will have a better grasp on how to use digital tools than those who use videos for their education. This means that healthcare organizations should emphasize and invest in hands-on training if they want to see the full benefits from patient portals. |
PSQH Connect How to Reduce Hospital-Onset Clostridioides Difficile | | Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) is a bacterium that causes severe diarrhea and colitis, with nearly half a million infections in the United States annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One in 11 patients over age 65 with a healthcare-associated C. diff infection die within one month, the CDC says. |
| How Clean is Clean? | | The average level of cleanliness in a healthcare facility is not easily quantified. Since the onset of COVID-19, a more stringent analysis of the cleaning outcomes has become necessary to provide a safe environment for patients, family members and healthcare staff alike. This September 29 program examines the current challenges facing environmental services (EVS) personnel. |
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