Safety news
General News
- 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)
- Premier educates continuum of care market on preventing needlestick and sharps injuries - press release (8/9/07)
- Developing a safety action plan is the focus of the Quality Colloquium at Harvard, August 19-22, 2007 (7/11/07)
- Premier seeks entries for 16th annual Cares Award (5/30/07)
- Premier healthcare alliance receives national recognition for environmental leadership for fifth consecutive year - press release (5/7/07)
- Twenty seven Premier members honored for environmental stewardship (5/7/07)
- Premier healthcare alliance, Cardinal Health team up to enhance safety of hospital patients and staff - press release (4/19/07)
- Premier healthcare alliance launches "green" best-practices Web site - press release (4/13/07)
- "Green" computer and electronic options now available through Premier's Dell and Gateway agreements (3/13/07) (.pdf) (52 KB)
- Premier healthcare alliance goes green to safely dispose of 3 tons of outdated IT equipment (3/5/07)
- Custom Ultrasonic news, FDA update (2/27/07)
- Download a summary of Environmentally Prefered Purchasing (EPP) products under contract (1/25/07) (.pdf) (58 KB)
- Public launch of SCIP to educate consumers and surgical care teams (10/13/06)
- Share your environmental success stories with Premier: Gain additional recognition (8/29/06)
- Premier receives fourth consecutive award for environmental leadership (3/27/06)
- Twenty-eight Premier members honored for environmental stewardship (3/27/06)
- Learn about Premier’s Environmental Purchasing Program - Audio conference on Friday, March 24, 2006 – 1 p.m. ET (3/15/06)
- Premier - A supporting partnership organization of the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) (3/9/06)
- Premier enhances healthcare safety resources with Web site on Culture of Patient Safety (3/6/06)
- 2006 Infusion Nursing Standards recommend IV catheter stabilization devices (2/6/06)
- New Premier newsletter helps healthcare providers learn about "green" purchasing and practices - press release (1/17/06)
- Premier Co-sponsors CleanMed-2006, a conference for "Greening" healthcare (1/13/06)
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Premier-Sponsored Safety Events
- Premier Sponsors Healthcare Associated Infections: What everyone needs to know
- Premier Co-sponsors CleanMed-2006, a conference for "Greening" healthcare (1/13/06)
- Surgical Care Improvement Project - Resources (11/11/05)
- National Patient Safety Foundation- Annual Congress May 10-12, 2006 San Francisco
- Free audio conferences: Advisor Live series on safety and performance improvement topics
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Premier Safety Share Newsletter
February 2008
- Bloodstream infection rates reduced with chlorhexidine bathing
- First study showing rapid response teams result in dramatic drop in both hospital-wide mortality and non-ICU code rates
- Hospital boards benefit from safety dashboards that track system-wide improvement
- Education critical to implement 2008 CMS hospital-acquired conditions rule
- Clostridium difficile and hand hygiene techniques: An update and commentary
- Surveyed hospitals: Only 10-30 percent use successful CA-UTI prevention practices
- Hand hygiene adherence improves with alcohol-based hand gels
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Public Health Updates
- News and resources on ER preparedness, bioterrorism, and public health and security issues (including influenza, avian flu and smallpox)