Patient Safety & Outcomes

Loss of smell and taste — two of the earliest known, defining COVID-19 symptoms at the pandemic's onset — are now known to be common in 60.5 percent of diagnosed cases, according to new research from Mass General Brigham published…

The Infectious Diseases Society of America has revised its guidance on clinician treatment of antimicrobial resistant infections.

While wrong site surgeries only happen in about 1 of 112,000 surgical procedures, that one instance is what The Joint Commission hopes to help clinicians prevent. Engaging surgical staff in the Time Out safety procedure prior to first incision is…

 Two more individuals who contracted Klebsiella pneumoniae at Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center have died, bringing the total to nine patient deaths, the hospital said June 7. 

The longer an elderly patient's emergency department stay is, the more likely they are to develop incident delirium, according to new research from the University of California, Davis. 

Patients who receive organ transplants from donors who died by drowning have higher death rates due to the risk of acquiring invasive mold infections from the donor's exposure to environmental molds.

Minneapolis-based M Health Fairview is implementing a tool from I-PASS Patient Safety Institute to reduce communication breakdowns during patient handoffs. 

Patient safety advocates are urging for the creation of a "National Patient Safety Board" for the healthcare industry to better learn from and prevent medical errors, but they fear current proposals would not give such a board sufficient oversight, according…

A tool designed to collect pre-appointment health outcome information from Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center patients has just reached its millionth report after launching in 2019.

Rare brain abscesses in children sharply increased last winter amid a surge in respiratory infections, a June 2 CDC report shows.