Top 10 infection control stories, May 9-13

The Food and Drug Administration backing off of a scope-cleaning machine recall, the hospitals with the lowest heart attack readmission rates and how to protect healthcare workers from Zika transmission during labor captured the attention of readers last week.

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The following are the 10 most read articles from Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality for the week of May 9, starting with the most popular.

1. 55 hospitals with the lowest 30-day heart attack readmission rates

2. 5 high-touch areas in the OR to include in cleaning protocols

3. FDA backs off scope-cleaning machine recall

4. Elizabethkingia strain found in Wisconsin infant not the same deadly strain found in elderly

5. Patient safety tool: Illustrations depict exactly where to place hand sanitizer dispensers

6. Patient infection cases linked to dirty scopes continue to mount

7. 43 US hospitals with the cleanest patient rooms as reported by patients

8. Number of 5-star hospitals up slightly in new Hospital Compare update

9. Protecting health workers from Zika transmission during labor: 5 things to know

10. Resurgent yellow fever outbreak could become global health emergency

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