10 top patient safety, infection control stories in July

The resignation of Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System's vice president of patient safety and quality captured readers' attention the most in July.

Here are the 10 most-read stories from Becker's Clinical Leadership & Infection Control for the month, beginning with the most popular:

1. Erlanger VP resigns over patient safety concerns: 'I can no longer in good conscience remain in my role'
   
   
2. San Francisco hospital CEO resigns amid patient abuse scandal
   
   
3. Houston hospital patient found dead in bathroom, CMS says
   
   
4. Second Ben Taub patient found dead in bathroom
   
   
5. Death of improperly restrained patient ruled homicide in South Carolina
   
   
6. Patient waited 20 hours to receive urgent test, surgery at Pennsylvania hospital
   
   
7. Connecticut hospital cited after patient swallows batteries
   
   
8. Seattle Children's cited for safety violations after mold leaves 1 patient dead
   
   
9. Connecticut hospital fined $150K over cancer misdiagnoses
   
   
10. 150+ employees potentially exposed to dangerous bacteria at Seattle hospital