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It is important to investigate the reasons for nonadherence to hand hygiene guidelines before deciding on one or more improvement strategies, according to a new report by The Joint Commission and its partners. It also is useful to examine the organizational context of health care delivery, which may facilitate or inhibit adherence.
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Nurse managers say they find chart audits extremely effective in tracking staff compliance with The Joint Commission's standard on verbal orders.
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Providers continue to struggle with The Joint Commission standard to safely and properly store medications (MM.03.01.01), with 22% of ambulatory organizations and 34% of hospitals being noncompliant in the first half of 2008.
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Intravenous (IV) drug errors are twice as likely to cause harm to patients as drugs given orally, according to new research from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).
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In a joint letter sent to President Obama and House and Senate leaders, the Premier healthcare alliance and GYNHA Ventures Inc., the Greater New York Hospital Association's supply chain enterprise that includes group purchasing organizations (GPOs), said that hospitals could improve health care quality and achieve cumulative savings of $317 billion if certain policies are enacted to create a more competitive and transparent purchasing environment.
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With trauma as the leading cause of death in children nationwide, pediatric abdominal trauma is a commonly encountered clinical situation in the emergency department (ED).
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Clopidogrel + aspirin in atrial fibrillation; Enhancing macrovascular outcomes in DM2; Recent insights into lactose intolerance; Tamsulosin and ophthalmic surgery; Aspirin for primary prevention of CV events
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