A team approach to reducing infections resulted in the neonatal ICU (NICU) of Children's Hospital at Providence in Anchorage, AK, receiving the 2010 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award ...

True or false: Hands should be cleaned after taking a patient's pulse, moving the patient up in bed, or taking the patient's blood pressure. ...

True or false: When using an alcohol-based hand gel, the gel should be placed in the palm of the hand and the hands should be rubbed together until dry....

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued a media advisory stating that hospitals and dialysis centers should do more to prevent central line bloodstream-associated infections...

When hands are contaminated or visibly dirty, select which of the following statements is true: ...

The Joint Commission has opened 2012 National Patient Safety Goals (NSPG) for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) for hospitals and long-te...

Sometimes it’s all about the marketing. Take flu shots, for instance. How do you best ensure that you reach the optimal percentage of staff? How about an attention-grabbing catchphrase? At Peni...

On July 7, staff members in the pediatric ICU (PICU) at Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York (CCMC) celebrated one full year free of central line infections. ...

The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare has announced it will release a tool specifically targeting one of healthcare’s most persistent challenges–hand hygiene–in Sep...

Hair removal at the surgical site, prior to surgery, should be done by:...