Monitoring Transfusions to Save Lives Many people choose the hospital they go to for care according to the hospital’s reputation. A patient in need of aggressive chemotherapy, for example, might base the decision according to the reputation of a hospital’s oncology division, or as part of a thought process that reasons, “If this hospital is […]
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Compliance with hand hygiene protocols has been linked to reduced healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs). For example, an academic medical center reduced the incidence of HAIs for two consecutive quarters after the center increased its hand hygiene compliance from 30 percent to more than 70 percent (Vitalacy, 2019). Being able to establish this link within your healthcare
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“First, do no harm” is a simple, often-quoted phrase adopted by healthcare organizations dedicated to patient safety. These organizations would do well to establish effective hand hygiene initiatives aided by automated technology as an important step toward creating safety cultures. Taking every precaution to prevent harm starts quite logically with hand hygiene, which has been
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