The following are the 10 most-read infection control and clinical quality articles from Becker’s Hospital Review for the week of Dec. 21, starting with the most popular.
1. CDC: Source of UPMC mold that killed 3 could not be found
2. UCSF Medical Center suspends live donor kidney transplant program
3. CMS rates less than 5% of hospitals as five-star
4. 2 states report whooping cough outbreaks
5. WHO publishes list of emerging diseases likely to cause major epidemics
6. 10 most common patient complaints, grievances with hospitals
7. 28 states ill-prepared for infectious disease outbreak, report finds
8. 10 most-Googled symptoms of 2015
9. 52 hospitals with the lowest all-cause unplanned readmission rates
10. How to properly clean medical scopes and improve patient safety: 10 steps
