Here are the 10 most read articles from Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality for the week of Aug. 21, starting with the most popular.
1. Hershey Medical Center cited for infractions linked to death of 6-year-old patient
2. 500+ patients potentially infected by dirty endoscopes at Buffalo VA Medical Center
3. UK nurse’s ‘Game of Stools’ board game aims to help providers better manage C diff
4. What’s the status on Trump’s proposed vaccine panel? 5 things to know
5. Study: Every extra patient on a nurse’s caseload increases mortality risk 7%
7. 26% of readmissions are medication related, study shows
8. Are physicians, nurses obligated to protect patients during an active shooter event?
9. Study: Measuring life-years lost could provide better assessment of mortality trends
10. 3 antibiotics in combination can kill highly resistant E. coli strain
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