The following are the 10 most popular stories from Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality from the past month, starting with the most popular.
1. Wrong-patient surgery risks Massachusetts hospital’s Medicare funding
2. CMS puts Allina hospital in ‘immediate jeopardy’ for drug error during nurses’ strike
3. CMS updates overall star ratings: What’s changed?
4. 6 things to know about 2016 flu vaccines — efficacy, supply and more
5. Ghost pepper, eating contest sends man to hospital for 23 days
6. Oregon hospital lifts ER quarantine after 5 develop hallucinations
7. Dr. Peter Pronovost: ‘Patients deserve quality measures that are more science, less sausage-making’
8. Nurse Assist recalls syringes linked to 30+ bloodstream infections in 4 states
9. Detroit Medical Center’s Medicare funding at risk over sterilization issues