The flu, reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections and the measles outbreak captured the attention of clinical quality and infection control readers last week.
The following are the 10 most-read infection control and clinical quality articles from Becker's Hospital Review for the week of Jan. 19, starting with the most popular.
1. Which states performed the worst on CAUTI reduction?
2. 19 new flu deaths in one week, flu above epidemic levels
3. Daily chlorhexidine bathing may not limit infections, study finds
4. CRE infections at Virginia Mason tied to dirty scopes
5. 12 things to know about the latest outbreaks, epidemics
6. Preventing HAIs: How the states stack up to the nation
7. 5 ways to prevent infection spread in waiting rooms
8. Measles scare temporarily shuts down Grossmont Hospital urgent care clinic
9. US adds one more Ebola treatment center
10. CDC: Flu shot 23 percent effective this season