Today's Top 20 Clinical Leadership & Infection Control Articles
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The ANA's 2023 Innovation Award recipients
The American Nurses Association named two nurses as recipients of its 2023 Innovation Awards on March 8. The awards celebrate nurse-led innovations that aim to improve patient safety and outcomes. -
3 deaths reported amid Virginia's meningococcal outbreak
Three have died from complications due to a strain of meningococcal disease, according to a March 8 update on the ongoing outbreak from the Virginia Department of Health. -
46 university students hospitalized after TikTok challenge
A new viral TikTok drinking challenge dubbed "blackout rage gallons" — "borg" for short — led to the hospitalization of 46 University of Massachusetts students in Boston, CBS News reported. -
Large study links COVID-19 to lingering gastrointestinal issues
A large new study published in Nature Communications found COVID-19 patients are much more likely to experience gastrointestinal problems a year after infection than those who haven't had COVID-19. -
Childhood respiratory infections increases adults' mortality risk: Study
U.K. researchers found adults who had a lower respiratory tract infection before age 2 are at higher risk of dying prematurely from respiratory disease. -
Minnesota nurses might soon be able to set their staffing ratios
The Minnesota Nursing Association is building support for a proposed law that could give nurses greater say over patient-ratios, the Alexandria Echo Press reported March 7. -
Staffing ratio changes at Confluence Health hurt care quality, nurses say
The Washington State Nurses Association says that staffing changes made by Wenatchee, Wash.-based Confluence Health in December 2022 "lowered the quality of care" for patients. -
Tampa General opens burn center, ICU
Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital opened a newly renovated burn center that includes a specialized intensive care unit on March 6. -
3 deaths at Brigham and Women's may be linked to bacteria in water purifier: Report
Bacteria from a water purification system may be linked to three deaths at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, according to research published in Annals of Internal Medicine. -
University Hospitals' new approach to improve safety huddles
Cleveland-based University Hospitals is embracing artificial intelligence to make daily huddles more efficient for its nurses and physicians. -
South Dakota reinstates license of nurse tied to fake documents
The South Dakota Board of Nursing recently lifted the suspension of a licensed practical nurse who allegedly used fraudulent degree documents in her license application, board records show. -
5 bills that aim to address nursing shortage in Illinois
In its new session, the Illinois General Assembly will look at new bills that could ease the state's nursing shortage. -
COVID-19 vaccine side effects linked to better long-term outcomes: Study
Healthcare workers who had symptoms after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination had longer and stronger immunity than those who did not, researchers at Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health, found, according to a March 6 news release. -
Legislation would give Washington nurses access to PTSD care
As healthcare workers are increasingly exposed to traumatic events, newly proposed legislation in Washington state would allow coverage for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, the Seattle Times reported March 6. -
Health experts monitoring H3N2 virus uptick in India
An increase in cases of H3N2 influenza in India is drawing interest from health experts worldwide. -
Judge issues warrant for tuberculosis patient refusing treatment
A Washington judge has issued a civil arrest order for a woman with tuberculosis who has refused to isolate or receive treatment for more than a year, local health officials said in a March 3 update. -
Florida residents warned of brain-eating amoeba in tap water
Florida's health department warned an area containing 200,000 people of Naegleria fowleri in Charlotte County's tap water a week after a man died from infection of the brain-eating amoeba. -
All theories on pandemic's origins still viable: WHO
No theory about the COVID-19 pandemic's origins should be discounted at this stage of the global investigation, even as a new federal report suggests a laboratory leak may be the cause, the World Health Organization's top official said March 3. -
RaDonda Vaught to appeal license revocation
RaDonda Vaught will appear in Tennessee court March 28 to appeal the state nursing board's 2021 decision to revoke her license, court records show. -
North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) Produces Award-Winning Anesthesia Risk Alerts Program, an Effective Safety Intervention for High-Risk Patients
Seeking to reduce the incidence of critical events in high-risk patients, the NAPA Anesthesia Patient Safety Institute (NAPSI)—NAPA’s certified Patient Safety Organization (PSO)—conducted a systemwide review of NAPA’s adverse events data. NAPA maintains one of the nation’s largest anesthesia clinical outcomes databases, comprising data from more than 2 million patients each year served by NAPA’s nearly 6,000 clinicians. As one of roughly 100 PSOs federally certified by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, NAPSI is approved to use clinical outcomes data for analysis and performance improvement activities.
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