Top 10 infection control, patient safety stories in 2018

A nursing survey on nonphysician practitioners’ role in managing patient care captured readers’ attention the most in 2018.

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Here are the 10 most-read stories from Becker’s Clinical Leadership & Infection Control this year, beginning with the most popular:

1. Survey: 8 in 10 nurses believe nonphysician practitioners play larger role in managing patient care

2. Patient too large for MRI machine sues Oregon hospital for $7M

3. University Hospitals nurse fired for calling in sick with flu: 4 things to know

4. Texas Children’s Hospital fires nurse over Facebook post

5. Second body found at San Francisco hospital in 1 week

6. EEOC sues Saint Thomas Health over mandatory flu shot policy

7. Nurse stabbed while trying to protect patient at Philadelphia hospital

8. ‘We hate H3N2’: 3 reasons this year’s flu season could get worse

9. 25 teaching hospitals with the most safety violations

10. Tenet hospital’s Medicare contract in jeopardy over patient safety issues

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