HAIs are costly both in terms of harm/mortality and cost. Close attention to aseptic practices and monitoring patients can greatly reduce the incidence of these infections.
Central Line-Associated Bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) [...]
Many patients being admitted to hospitals today are at risk of developing a potentially deadly medical condition that’s likely not even on their radar. According to the U.S. Surgeon General, [...]
Drug shortages are a serious problem for hospitals throughout the world, with the potential to create serious adverse events for patients. They’re more common than most people think. Having a [...]
CPR training is one of the first activities for new students at the National Autonomous University of Mexico’s (UNAM) medical school. This training, common even among laypeople, is an eye-opener [...]
The Patient Safety Movement Foundation officially launched its new Hospital Mentor Program at the 7th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit in January when 14 doctors from the [...]
Mexico City’s historic Hospital Español is the first International hospital to earn the Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s prestigious five-star ranking. Their entry into the PSMF’s five-star Hospital Program was officially [...]
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) result from contamination of a central line, a catheter (tube) that is inserted in a large vein in the neck, chest, or groin, used to [...]
The 2019 World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit celebrated the remarkable progress being made around the world to save patient lives from preventable harm, introduced two new Actionable Patient [...]
In 2015, UPMC a global multi-hospital system that has over 40 hospitals and 85,000 employees, began a new sepsis initiative to increase the speed of identification and treatment of sepsis [...]
For Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare, providing high quality, safe, patient and family centered care is at the core of their mission. Like other top-ranked hospitals in the country, which treat the [...]