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Infection prevention staff at Boston Children’s Hospital convinced its leadership team to hire more staff by conducting a detailed analysis of the number of dedicated staff necessary for infection prevention, according to an article published in the American Journal of Infection Prevention.
An American Hospital Association case study describes how Springfield Memorial Hospital in central Illinois prioritizes patient safety.
A quality improvement project at an academic medical center increased the percentage of obstetric patients undergoing a hypertensive emergency who received evidence-based treatment within 60 minutes.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released final guidance detailing reporting requirements for the hospital respiratory data condition of participation.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding clinicians and other health care workers to take necessary steps to keep themselves and their patients’ safe during respiratory virus season.
The American Hospital Association in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation released an issue brief and webpage on mitigating targeted violence in health care settings.
WVU Medicine in Morgantown, W.V., will open a hospital-based nursing school in August 2025 to ensure a steady supply of bedside nurses for its 24 hospitals.
The AONL Empowering Nurse Leaders to Vote webpage contains voting resources to enable nurses to learn about the top nursing issues and candidate information for each state.
AONL and Laudio released their second report on nurse manager retention.
A soon-to-be-released Food and Drug Administration guidance to address inaccurate readings of pulse oximeters for people with dark-pigmented skin is unlikely to end racial bias, researchers say.