A study found that using a computerized safety checklist that pulls information from electronic medical records led to a drop in a serious healthcare-acquired infection....

By instituting a screening program for patients, the Louisville (Ky.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center has drastically reduced MRSA infections at its facility. ...

By instituting a screening program for patients, the Louisville (Ky.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center has drastically reduced MRSA infections at its facility. ...

A new study found that improving infection control protocols in intensive care units would have a major impact on reducing healthcare-acquired infections....

The hospital has a responsibility for communication information about the prevention and control of infection to which groups? Choose all that apply. a. Visitors b. Staff c. Patient...

In case hospitals weren’t devoting enough attention to preventing central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), The Joint Commission has released a new toolkit to equip hospital...

Editor’s note: The following report was authored by BOJ advisor Elizabeth Di Giacomo-Geffers, RN, MPH, CSHA, a healthcare consultant in Trabuco Canyon, Calif., and former Joint Commission sur...

Last month, we began our review of the year's most-cited Joint Commission standards by discussing the top 10 most challenging issues of 2013. This month, we continue our analysis and look at the remai...

Fill in the blank: Hospitals have an obligation to investigate outbreaks of infectious disease. They also have a responsibility, as required by law and regulation, to report that information to ______...

Central line infections still plague hospitals. ­Reducing them is a Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG.07.04.01) and they represent a CMS "never event" that is reported ...