Tag: hospital acquired infections
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Hospitals can learn from revealing account of the attack of a superbug; sequencing germ’s DNA seems to be key
Dr. Tara Palmore, deputy hospital epidemiologist at theNational Institutes of Health Clinic Center, left, and Dr.Julie Segre, a geneticist with the National HumanGenome Research Institute. Both were integral inpinpointing the...
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More hospital-acquired infections are reported in patients cared for nurses who are overworked, study finds
Getty Images stock photo. Overworked nurses dealing with heavy patient loads are associated with increases in hospital-acquired infections, say researchers with the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at...
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Revealing patient safety issues and medical errors are goals of Facebook page set up by ProPublica
Photo by iStockphoto.com/selimaksan Interested in creating a venue for those who have been harmed while undergoing medical treatments, ProPublica, the nonprofit, investigative news organization, has set up a Facebook page...
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100 Kentucky hospitals join network to improve patient safety, fight hospital-acquired conditions such as infections
To help hospitals reduce preventable readmissions and hospital-acquired infections, 100 of Kentucky’s 131 hospitals have joined the Kentucky Hospital Association‘s hospital engagement network. The group’s goal is to help hospitals...
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Hospital employees report only 1 of 7 medical errors, study finds
In keeping with other studies on the subject, a new report shows hospital employees only report and recognize one out of every seven medical errors, accidents or other events that...
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Health Care Transparency and Patient Advocacy Conference to be held Nov. 11 in Lexington
Focusing on issues like hospital- and health care-acquired infections, the impact of medical errors and infections on patients, and the importance of transparency, the Health Care Transparency and Patient Advocacy...
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UK Hospital gets below average marks on patient satisfaction, infections; data on your local hospital are available online
Despite $900 million being invested in expanding the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital, its patients at do not seem all that happy with the care they receive there. In an...
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At Nov. 11 conference in Lexington, Health Watch USA will focus on health-care transparency, patient advocacy
Health-care transparency and patient advocacy will be the focus at the 2011 Health Watch USA 2011 conference Nov. 11 in Lexington. Topics will include hospital-acquired infections and the importance of...
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CDC hands out $49 million in public health grants; Kentucky gets more than $800k
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued $49 million in grants to improve public health, $815,000 of which is earmarked for Kentucky. The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and...
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Data on hospital-acquired infections, other conditions online
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted information about hospital-acquired conditions on its website, and The Courier-Journal not only has a story about it today, it...