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General News
- The bright side of energy conservation (11/08)
- Statement by Gina Pugliese, RN, MS, and vice president of Premier Safety Institute, on the APIC C. difficile study (11/08)
- Ingalls Health System featured in Time Magainze - Health & Science article "Putting Health Care on an Energy Diet" (11/08)
- Ingalls Heath System achieves green energy savings with SPHERE Reverse Auction (09/08)
- CDC, Premier healthcare alliance work to eliminate occupational needlestick injuries (7/9/2008)
- Premier healthcare alliance announces initiative to address healthcare industry energy costs, greenhouse emissions (5/21/2008)
- Premier healthcare alliance receives national recognition for environmental excellence for sixth consecutive year (5/20/2008)
- Premier healthcare alliance provides members comprehensive latex-free catalog (2/20/08)
- Implementing a pharmacy waste management system -
November 2007 Webcast (11/16/2007) - Premier Survey on Healthcare Associated Infections - results (10/12/07)
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Safety Surveys – Healthcare-Associated Infections
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August 2008
- Patients reluctant to remind providers to wash hands; New CDC video educates patients and staff
- CMS expands the list to 10 hospital-acquired conditions for reduced payment
- Cleaning of patient rooms, a persistent challenge, prompts innovative methods to evaluate effectiveness
- Root cause analyses explain why and how events occur; role in prevention unclear
- Bar-coding surgical sponges reduces risk of loss, researchers find
- Algorithm for selecting patient safety practices considers prevalence, cost, degree of complexity
- CABG mortality rates improve despite decreasing volume
- Color-coded wristbands moving toward a national standard
- Rationale for private rooms for patient safety explained
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Public Health Updates
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