Articles Tagged With: culture
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Navigating Elder Care and Long-Term Care
Elder care in the United States is increasingly a “major source of moral distress in the hospital case management and social work world,” according to Lisa Bednarz, LCSW, CMAC, ACM-SW, ASW-G, regional director of case management for Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health.
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Blood Culture Contamination — Risks and Adverse Effects
In addition to identifying several patient risk factors for contamination of blood culture specimens, the authors also highlighted various adverse clinical and financial adverse effects. -
Hospital Reduces HAPI Rate by Half with Huddles, Rounds
Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital in Illinois had attempted to reduce hospital-acquired pressure injuries for years, with some success, but hospital leaders remained unhappy with the rate of pressure ulcers. Making changes stick required a change in culture.
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Does MRSA Nares Colonization Predict Non-Respiratory MRSA Infections?
Nares screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carried a high negative predictive value to rule out MRSA infections at various sites.
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Does MRSA Nares Colonization Predict Non-Respiratory MRSA Infections?
Nares screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has a high negative predictive value to rule out MRSA infections at various sites.
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How to Provide Culturally Competent Care
With the increased diversity among today’s hospital patients, case managers must be careful to understand each patient’s culture. People coming from different countries have different expectations of the healthcare system.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Urinary Fermentation Syndrome? Residential Legionellosis From Potable Water; Which Treatment for SARS-CoV-2 Is Best?
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Colonization With Clostridioides difficile Frequently Leads to a Misdiagnosis of Healthcare-Associated Infection
A prospective cohort study from a single institution revealed 27% of patients diagnosed with healthcare-associated Clostridioides difficile infection were colonized with the same isolate on admission.
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Is It Safe to Speak Up? Infection Prevention and ‘Psychological Safety’
The majority of infection preventionists surveyed in a new study reported the lack of a strong “psychological safety” culture in their hospitals, meaning workers may be less likely to point out breaks in aseptic technique and other incidents that could undermine patient safety.
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Human Factors: Drug Stewardship in the Emergency Department
Broadly classified as ergonomics in much of the world, human factors engineering ultimately may lead to changes in practices and behaviors entrenched in healthcare that endanger patients with infections and other harms.