The third installment of Hospitals & Health Networks’ Save Lives Now series highlights five relatively simple and inexpensive things hospitals can do to prevent errors in the emergency department. Begun in 2005, to help hospitals prevent avoidable deaths of patients, the Save Lives Now series are based on an extensive review of the latest health care literature, interviews with experts and organizations focused on quality and patient safety, and the advice of clinicians and hospital leaders. Click on the link below to read the April 2007 story on the ED. You can also read articles from the 2006 and 2005 “Save Lives Now” series by clicking on the links at the bottom of this page.
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H&HN asked experts to recommend relatively simple and inexpensive steps that hospitals can take to avert these tragedies. You can find useful information at their Web sites: APIC Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Community and Hospital Infection Control Association- Canada Institute for Healthcare Improvement International Society for Infectious Disease Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America University of North Carolina has compiled a list of Internet infection Control resources, available at http://www.unc.edu/depts/spice/resource.html |
Advice for eliminating hospital-acquired infections is welcome by everyone in health care. Executives and clinicians pay particular attention to the real-life experiences of their colleagues in the field. If you have tried some of the steps outlined in “30 Things You Can Do to Eliminate Infections” or implemented other successful strategies, please share your experiences with H&HN readers. Let us know what worked and what didn’t, or how strategies described here might be tweaked and adapted for different situations. Click on the button above to submit your comments. |
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Save lives now September 2006 Cover Story |
2005 Articles
| 25 Things you can do to save lives now Quick and to the Point" Around the Clock Transitioning Care The Right Count |
