International Infection Prevention Week Resources From PSQH
As International Infection Prevention Week wraps up, we want to thank infection preventionists for all the hard work they do every day. Thanks to our partners GOJO, the makers of Purell, and RLDatix this week for their support.
PSQH Quick Poll 2021: Taking the Pulse of Infection Prevention Efforts
As part of PSQH’s celebration of International Infection Prevention Week, we decided to reach out to our readers with a few questions to find out the state of infection prevention efforts. The Quick Poll had a total of 244 respondents.
UConn Health CMO: ‘You Need to Listen More Than You Talk’
HealthLeaders recently spoke with Scott Allen, MD, the new CMO of UConn Health about a range of issues, including clinical quality, aligning physicians with population health initiatives, and the primary factors for CMO success.
COVID-19 PHE is Extended Again, Effective October 18
The Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra signed another order October 15 extending the national public health emergency (PHE) related to the COVID-19 pandemic for another 90 days. The order is effective October 18 and lasts through January 16, 2022, unless it is rescinded earlier.
Report: COVID-19 Continues to Undermine Hospitals’ Performance Improvement
Transformative change is needed in access to care; supply chain management; patient throughput, or the efficient flow of patients; workforce optimization and engagement; service line enhancement or rationalization; and revenue cycle, according to Kaufman Hall’s 2021 Healthcare Performance Improvement Report.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 39 – Understanding OSHA’s COVID-19 Guidance
On episode 39 of PSQH: The Podcast, Marge McFarlane, principal at Superior Performance Consultants, talks about OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard and what it means for healthcare organizations. This episode is presented as part of International Infection Prevention Week in partnership with GOJO—The makers of Purell and RLDatix.
Infection Prevention and Control is a Team Sport
Knowing the staggering impact increased HAIs can have on health systems only further emphasizes how critical it is for Risk Management teams to leverage the expertise and knowledge of Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) and Antimicrobial Stewardship teams to understand and mitigate HAIs in their care populations.
Why Creating a Trauma-Informed Environment is Crucial to Helping Traumatized Nurses Heal
For nurse and hospital leaders to help their nurses handle and heal from trauma, they must create a trauma-informed culture. A trauma-informed program, system, or person has a knowledge and understanding of trauma and its far-reaching effects, which, in some nurses is caused by seeing patients die; tending to patients who can’t get relief from symptoms; patient and family aggression; feeling overextended because of inadequate nurse-to-patient ratios; frustration; and helplessness, according to a 2017 study.
Plant the Seeds of Change with Just-in-Time Coaching
By Lori Moore, MPH, BSN, RN, CPPS Hand hygiene has been recognized as one of the most important measures to reduce germs in healthcare facilities, and educating healthcare workers to the basic fundamentals has become a cornerstone of hand hygiene programs.1-2 While providing education and conveying the importance and need for hand hygiene is … Continued
‘Are You Going to Keep Me Safe?’ Hospital Workers Sound Alarm on Rising Violence
COVID unit nurses also have shouldered extra responsibilities during the pandemic. Duties such as feeding patients, drawing blood and cleaning rooms would typically be conducted by other hospital staffers, but nurses have pitched in on those jobs to minimize the number of workers visiting the negative-pressure rooms where COVID patients are treated.