Every Week Should Be Patient Safety Week
What hospital leaders, prevention teams and industry can each do once the awareness weeks are over
Patient Safety
Minding the Gate: Highly Qualified Toxic Culture Syndrome, Revisited
In 2017 I wrote about the gatekeepers who shut new ideas out of healthcare. Nine years, a pandemic and a growing antimicrobial resistance crisis later, the message matters more than ever.
Infection Risks Associated with Damaged Mattresses and Management Strategy Using Repair Patches
Healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are among the leading threats to patient safety in healthcare facilities. It is estimated by the US Centers for Diseases Control (CDC) that each day one out of 31 patients…
The Dangers of Celebrating Too Early
Clostridium difficile infections are a significant cause of death and harm in the United States. Despite their growing prevalence, surveillance and public reporting of C. difficile infections is uneven, leading to conflicting reports…
Protecting the Patient: Is it Time to Adopt Best Practices from the Pharmaceutical Industry?
Pharmaceutical companies spend an enormous amount of time and resources making sure that their products are safe for the patient. If a sterile drug company fails to do what is expected by a country’s…
The Changing Face of Sepsis
There are few infections that can result in death or lifelong impairment in mere hours. Sepsis is caused by an inflammatory response by the body to combat infections in the blood. This inflammatory response…
The Suspicion of Sepsis
Sepsis has become the number one cause of hospital deaths in USA with 258,000 fatalities annually at a cost of over US$ 20 billion annually. 1 In the USA the most prevalent cause of…
Bedsores: A Preventable Healthcare Problem
Updated February 29, 2016 Abstract: Bedsores, also known as pressure ulcers or pressure sores, are a patient safety issue dating back at least to the 19th century and the time of the nursing/public health pioneer…
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