News: The American Society of Medication Safety Officers
News
The American Society of Medication Safety Officers
A Conversation with Christian Hartman, Founder and President
PSQH Editor Susan Carr talked with Chris Hartman in June 2012 about the American Society of Medication Safety Officers (ASMSO), an organization he started in 2006.
News: Meningitis Outbreak Prompts State and Federal Action to Improve Safety
News
Meningitis Outbreak Prompts State and Federal Action to Improve Safety
According to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), the fungal meningitis outbreak caused by contaminated products from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy may be the most serious medication safety incident in recorded history.
KBCore Wins ONC ‘Investing in Innovation’ Challenge: Patient Safety Reporting Systems
Over the past several weeks, many of us at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Food and Drug Administration have been evaluating the submissions for the Reporting Patient Safety Events Challenge.
Four Technology Recommendations to Reduce Alarm Fatigue
According to ECRI Institute, an independent, nonprofit organization that researches the best approaches to improving the safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness of patient care, alarm hazards are the number-one health technology hazard for 2013.
Ekahau Location Analytics Improves Asset Utilization, Staff Safety
Ekahau Inc., the worldwide leader in Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) has released Ekahau Vision™ 2.0, the company’s new location analytics platform for hospital administrators, staff and caregivers.
FDB Releases ICD-10 Codes within its Clinical Decision Support Drug Knowledge
Nellcor OxiNet III Remote Respiratory Monitoring Improves Patient Safety
Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products and recognized innovator in patient monitoring and respiratory care devices, has installed its largest capnography connected to a centralized remote monitoring system at the Medical Center of Central Georgia (MCCG).
Hospital Becomes First in New England to Implement Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring
DebMed, creator of the world’s first electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring system based on the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Five Moments for Hand Hygiene, has announced that Cooley Dickinson Hospital has become the first in the New England region to implement the DebMed® GMS™ electronic hand hygiene monitoring system.
Ultrasound Gel and Infections: Researchers Propose Guidelines to Reduce Risk
In the December issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, guidelines have been proposed by epidemiologists from Beaumont Health System to reduce the risk of infection from contaminated gels.
Patient Empowerment Possible Tool to Raise Hand Hygiene Behaviors
According to a study published recently, most patients at risk for healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) agree that healthcare workers should be reminded to wash their hands, but little more than half would feel comfortable asking their physicians to wash.