The following are the 10 most-read articles from Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality for the week of Oct. 17, starting with the most popular.
1. Wrong-patient surgery risks Massachusetts hospital’s Medicare funding
2. Ghost pepper, eating contest sends man to hospital for 23 days
3. Should patients fear Friday surgeries?
5. Dr. Peter Pronovost: ‘Patients deserve quality measures that are more science, less sausage-making’
6. Oregon hospital lifts ER quarantine after 5 develop hallucinations
7. FDA investigates 10 child deaths potentially tied to homeopathic teething products
8. Devil’s milk: The superbug killer from down under
9. State approves Detroit Medical Center’s correction plan for sterilization issues
10. Quality of US outpatient care has not improved consistently, study finds
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