Other key factors include involving caregivers at all levels of treatment, using daily checklists and providing consistent feedback on infection rates to hospital staff. Clinicians also make a habit of using chlorhexidine sponges and catheters with antibiotics.
Related Articles on Anesthesia:
Desflurane Safer Anesthetic for Patients With Alzheimer’s Than Isoflurane
More Than 80% of Anesthesiologists Have Seen Surgical Catastrophes
Catheter Design Must Change to Prevent Serious Complications From Wrong-Route Injection, Physicians Say
Register to Attend Webinar
Presenters:
James Germano, MD, Joint Reconstruction Specialist|Tim Tzimas, Innovative Sterilization Technologies
Next Up in Patient Safety & Outcomes
-
Some 73% of medication reconciliation errors happen as patients move between care settings, patient safety organization ECRI said in a…
-
The U.S. cancer death rate declined 35% between 2015 and 2024, averting more than 4.8 million deaths, according to the…
-
A cyberattack on the Alabama Board of Nursing’s online licensing system has taken it offline, affecting more than 80,000 nurses,…
Join the 500,000+ healthcare executives who start their day with Becker's
Becker's Hospital Review Newsletter is sent Monday–Sunday.
