The following are the 10 most-read articles from Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality for the week of Dec. 19, starting with the most popular.
1. 769 hospitals see Medicare payments cut over high HAC rates: 7 things to know
2. FDA bans powdered gloves: New rule effective in January
3. CDC’s public health threats in focus for 2017
4. FDA approves new 1-hour MRSA test
5. Female physician patients have lower death & readmission rates, study finds
6. Dead rodents, insects found near dental equipment in Pennsylvania office
7. 5 ICU room design strategies for patient safety
8. Patients in worst hospitals 3 times more likely to die, study concludes
9. Yelp and patient experience — the value of unstructured reviews
