Here are the top stories on infection control and clinical quality from Becker's Hospital Review for the week of June 23, beginning with the most-accessed.

The Massachusetts Senate has passed a landmark measure that will limit the number of patients assigned to registered nurses working in all the state hospital intensive care units.

Three of 14 surgical patients diagnosed with a rare mycobacterial infection at Greenville (S.C.) Health System have died and another surgical patient has been diagnosed, bringing the total number of patients diagnosed to 15, according to a WYFF 4 report.

  America's Essential Hospitals, formerly the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, has recognized six member hospitals with 2014 Gage Awards for their work to improve quality and population health in their community and beyond.

Here are eight statistics on independent physicians who are considering selling their practices and some of the pressures they face, according to CareCloud's "Practice Profitability Index" report.

Some organizations have achieved a zero-rate of surgical site infections by closely following measures shown to limit SSIs, like those laid out by the Surgical Care Improvement Project, but other organizations have yet to reach that goal.

In high-stakes industries like aviation or nuclear energy, mistakes can quickly become catastrophic. That's why companies in those industries have become high reliability organizations to eliminate errors. This strategy can be applied to healthcare as well, as several organizations have…

The experts from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices have endorsed the use of a nasal spray flu immunization over flu shots for children two to eight years old, according to a Medscape report.

The Joint Commission has released a Quick Safety issue on safety issues surrounding robotic surgery. Here are eight steps from the organization for improving the safety of robotic surgery protocols.  Read the full article on Becker’s ASC Review.

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