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The occurrence of medical errors made by health care providers against patients has been at the forefront of the media in recent years.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed a new web-based tool that can help hospitals enhance their patient safety performance by quickly detecting potential medical errors in patients who have undergone medical or surgical care.
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Changes are needed in the education of physicians, nurses, and other health professionals to improve patient safety and quality of care, according to a new report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in Washington, DC.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta has recommended surveillance of health care workers who have contact with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patients or their environment of care.
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On March 24, Carol Tough, RN, had to make a decision between going to work and possibly risk getting a mysterious new disease, or quitting the career shed had for 17 years. She went to work.
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First responders and law enforcement officers began receiving smallpox vaccines in some states, even while cardiac events associated with the vaccine continued to draw scrutiny.
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Hospitals with high injury rates or a high proportion of ergonomic injuries will receive targeted inspections in some regions of the country under a new enforcement program for ergonomics.
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Hospitals acted to improve their respiratory protection programs as new questions surfaced about protections of health care workers from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
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Its official: The tuberculosis standard is dead. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) withdrew the TB standard from its regulatory agenda, citing the decline in tuberculosis cases in the United States.
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Ultraviolet light is an effective way to inactivate tuberculosis and prevent transmission in hospitals, according to a study sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in Cincinnati.
