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The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on healthcare-associated infections in 2020 [excerpt]
A summary of data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology | Cambridge Core…
Urgent Call Made to Improve Patient Safety
The National Steering Committee for Patient Safety sees several worrisome developments, including rise in hospital-acquired conditions and decline…
WHO launches first ever global report on Infection Prevention and Control – good programmes can reduce infections by 70%
Reveals that good IPC programmes can reduce health care infections by 70% WHOGeneva, 6 May 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic…
One in Four Medicare Patients Harmed in Hospitals (25%), Nearly Half Preventable (50%)
CMS needs to do more to penalize facilities with avoidable adverse events, report says Among the roughly 1 million…
Public hospitals had a in hospital mortality ~ 5 times higher than private hospitals — in Brazil during Covid-19 [2/2]
Health Revolution InstituteQuality Revolution UnitJoaquim Cardoso MSc.April 22, 2022 Key messages The In-Hospital Mortality rate of Brazilian Private…
Insights for addressing Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP), based on the US benchmarks (Kaiser, Sutter and VHA)
This is a republication of the paper below, with the title above, focusing in providing insights for the…
