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How to Comply With HAND-HYGIENE IMPERATIVES
How to Comply With HAND-HYGIENE IMPERATIVESBy Deborah Davis, PhD, MBA, MSThere has been renewed emphasis placed on hand hygiene and skin wellness as a result of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s “Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings.” The guideline addresses issues that can result in higher incidence of nosocomial infections among patients, and notes that a ...(More)
9/7/2007
Advances in Healthcare Garment Inventory Boosts Efficiency of Laundry Service Industry
Advances in Healthcare Garment Inventory Boosts Efficiency of Laundry Service IndustryBy Jeff BersteinThe healthcare garment rental and laundry service industry has come a long way in its approach to achieving physician and patient satisfaction. Key factors that have influenced the industry are stringent government standards relating to bloodborne pathogens and environmental concerns as well as increasing costs and competition in ...(More)
9/7/2007
Touchless Technology Helps Facilitate Infection Prevention Best Practices
Touchless Technology Helps Facilitate Infection Prevention Best PracticesBy Sean K. NicholsWith healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in the U.S. accounting for an estimated 1.7 million infections and 99,000 deaths annually, reducing and preventing these infections is a top goal for healthcare facilities throughout the country. To address this issue, a variety of infection control measures must be taken, ranging from engineering controls ...(More)
9/7/2007
Touch-Free Technology Combats Germs in the Washroom
Touch-Free Technology Combats Germs in the WashroomBy Jacquel KellyResearch published earlier this year in the American Journal of Medical Quality indicates that infections acquired by patients in hospitals are most often caused by poor hygiene practices in the healthcare facility, not from how ill patients were when they entered the hospital. The new findings bolster the argument that hospitals can ...(More)
9/7/2007
Making the Grade
Making the GradePhysician MBA Program Creates Medical Entrepreneurs and Physician ExecutivesBy Kelly M. Pyrek“With great power comes great responsibility.” That may be a line from a popular movie about a comic book superhero, but it holds true for physicians who are poised to cross the line from clinician to executive or entrepreneur. While doctors obey the Hippocratic Oath to do ...(More)
9/7/2007
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9/7/2007
See You in Las Vegas!
See You in Las Vegas!I hope everyone has enjoyed a great summer. Now with activities winding down we’re gearing up for the fourth annual today’s surgicenter conference. I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s just around the corner, so if you have not made plans to attend, make arrangements today. This year’s conference is Sept. 27-29 at the Venetian ...(More)
9/1/2007
Talking to Patients About the Unexpected
Talking to Patients About the UnexpectedPatients today are better informed consumers than ever before. They expect to be fully informed of their condition and the results of treatment. This expectation goes beyond just receiving information about good outcomes or even medical errors. It begins with a comprehensive informed consent process, includes an understanding of any expected — or unexpected — ...(More)
9/1/2007
Learning Our Business Lessons From History
Learning Our Business Lessons From HistoryBY JOE DELLIGATTII believe that if there is one basic tenet of all business it is be prepared for change or die. History provides us with seemingly endless examples of this truth — whether it was the buggy whip manufacturers in the early part of the last century or the VCR manufacturers more recently — ...(More)
9/1/2007
Four Steps to Smart IT Solutions
Four Steps to Smart IT SolutionsBY CRAIG VEACHThe options for information technology (IT) in healthcare are as varied as the reasons for selecting a specific type of solution. How many stories have you heard about a system that was a complete failure in one location but an outstanding success in another facility? There has to be a reason other than ...(More)
9/1/2007
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