Here are the 10 most read articles from Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality for the week of Sept. 18, starting with the most popular.
1. The 2 most effective operating room practices to reduce SSIs
2. Death toll rises to 9 in overheated Florida nursing home
3. Florida nursing home where 8 died in sweltering heat had repeat safety violations
5. 4 patients infected with hep C due to New York physician’s alleged poor infection control practices
6. Montana hospital confirms Legionnaires’ case — Legionella bacteria detected in water supply
7. Sen. Grassley calls for public disclosure of hospital safety inspections
8. San Diego washes city streets with bleach amid hepatitis A outbreak
9. Study: To track sepsis, clinical datasets are more reliable than claims
10. Children’s National quality initiative reduces NICU chest X-rays, cuts costs
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