Though many hospitals focus on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in many care settings, it is important to integrate methicillin-susceptible S. aureus surveillance in the neonatal care center, according to research published in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.

Introducing a series of interventions around central line insertion, including education, insertion bundle and process and outcome surveillance, can lead to a marked decline in the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections, according to research published in BMC Infectious Diseases.

As a hospital executive, Laurie Harting, CEO of Dignity Health St. John's Hospitals in Oxnard and Camarillo, Calif., has always been passionate about noise levels in hospitals.

The Joint Commission is, by far, the biggest name in hospital accreditation.

A series of interventions aimed at reducing clinically insignificant alarms in the cardiac unit helped Boston Medical Center reduce audible alarms by 89 percent, with no adverse events attributed to the changes, according to an article in the Agency for…

Jackson Healthcare conducted a national survey of satisfied and dissatisfied physicians and published 51 statistics on the differences in the attitudes and outlooks of the two.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Community Health Services and Northumberland, Pa.-based SUN Home Health and Hospice announced they have received regulatory approval for the comprehensive agreement in which SUN Home Health and Hospice is now a part of Geisinger Health System.

PDI announced the appointment of Peter Cempellin as executive vice president and COO and Patrick Treacy as executive vice president of PDI and president of PDI Healthcare, the division that supports acute-care, long-term care, dental and alternate care facilities.

The Oregon Patient Safety Commission has launched a statewide program — the Early Discussion and Resolution Program — aimed at helping healthcare providers and patients and their families resolve conflicts in a confidential but effective manner, according to a Statesman…

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses is accepting public comments on its recommended practices for surgical attire through July 19.