The quest to reduce both injuries and medical costs is leading hospitals to turn their health-driven mission toward their own employees.
In yet another sign that infection control is becoming a national priority across a wide range of accreditors, regulators and state and federal agencies, the Joint Commission has created a new web portal to combine its full array of initiatives to prevent health care associated infections (HAIs).
For weeks, 25-year-old Richard Din worked long hours in the lab, hoping for a research breakthrough. At the VA Medical Center in San Francisco, he was a research laboratory associate on a project to develop a vaccine against Neisseria meningitides serogroup B. But instead of saving lives, Din became a victim of the deadly organism.
