Top 10 infection control stories, Nov. 21-25

The lowest performing hospitals for central line infections, the hospitals with the lowest hip and knee replacement readmission rates and the 2016 Baldrige Quality Award recipients piqued the interest of readers last week.

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The following are the 10 most-read articles from Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality for the week of Nov. 21, starting with the most popular.

1. 31 low-performing teaching hospitals for central line infection prevention

2. 36 hospitals with lowest hip and knee replacement readmission rates

3. 2016 Baldrige Quality Award recipients named: 5 things to know

4. Mass. facilities perform 14 wrong-site surgeries since 2011

5. WHO: Zika no longer a public health emergency of international concern

6. Pittsburgh prison knew about contaminated water months before medical director died from Legionnaires’

7. Mumps cases in Arkansas top 1,500

8. UW Medical Center first hospital to earn 6 Magnet designations

9. One dead, 12 infected in Ohio Legionnaires’ outbreak

10. 4 strategies to improve care transitions

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