Top 10 infection control stories, May 18-22

Surgical site infections, banning low-volume surgeries and nurse-centric stories piqued the interest of infection control and clinical quality 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 May 18, starting with the most popular.

1. Major health systems move to ban low-volume surgeries at member hospitals

2. SSI risk factors: 3 main categories

3. Risk of patient harm is high at low-volume hospitals, study finds

4. Man shoots blood at nurses in Minnesota hospital

5. 6 things to know about new Common Care ratings from US News

6. 12 California hospitals penalized for patient safety issues

7. 40% of hospitals fail to meet Leapfrog's national nursing standard: 3 takeaways

8. 6 ugly healthcare truths as told by nurses

9. FDA panel pushes for sterilization of hard-to-clean scopes

10. 55 hospitals with the lowest 30-day heart attack readmission rates

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