UMass Memorial Cuts CLABSI Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center among the first-ever awardees in the National Awards Program to Recognize Progress in Eliminating Healthcare-Associated Infections CDC: Hospitals continue progress in preventing infections American Heart Association: Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the US - 2005 to 2010 Thomson Reuters Top 10 Health Systems of 2011 UMass Memorial Diabetes Scorecard Cooley Dickinson Hospital: Better-than-National Infection Rate Drops Further Following UV Room Disinfection Mercy Medical Center, Implements a Program to Decrease Pressure Ulcers Lawrence General Hospital: Runner Up: Med/surg unit boosts safety and satisfaction with initiative care MetroWest Medical Center Demystifies Outpatient Satisfaction Partners Study on Falls Featured in JAMA Winchester Hospital: A Focus on Outcomes Southcoast Health System: Reducing the Use of Safety Sitters Partners: Coordinating Care for High-Risk Patients New Bedford Rehab's use of volumetric capnography Winchester Hospital -- Reducing IV-associated bloodstream infection Newton-Wellesley Hospital: eMAP Rx for Medication Errors? Reducing Surgical Site Infections at New England Baptist Hospital Milton Hospital Reduces Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Cooley Dickinson Hospital's Positive Culture Led to Pressure Ulcer Improvements Beverly Hospital Implements Nurse-Led Program to Reduce Patient Falls Boston Medical Center Nurses Teach Pressure Ulcer Prevention Two Hospitals are Co-Winners of Betsy Lehman Patient Safety Award Making Strides at Jordan Hospital to Reduce Falls Telling Your Hospital's Story Public Reporting of Serious Reportable Events Winchester Hospital's Hand-Hygiene Competency Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Wins $4.9 Million Grant for Program to Improve Patient Outcomes Within 30-Day Window of Discharge

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Speak Up: Five Things You Can Do to Prevent Infection

The Joint Commission
This downloadable brochure, available in both English and Spanish, offers simple steps to prevent infections.
http://www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/SpeakUp/speak_up_ic.htm

 

Simple Steps Can Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
This resource, available as a podcast or an article transcript, offers simple steps you can take to lower the risk of getting a healthcare associated infection. http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/cc/cc070108.htm

 

"What You Can Do" to Prevent Infections

The Partnership for Healthcare Excellence
Fact sheets on what patients and their families can do to prevent infections.

"What You Can Do" to Prevent Infections and Stay Healthy in the Hospital

"What You Can Do" to Prevent Infection at Home, in the Community, and in the Hospital

 

Preventing Infections in the Hospital - What You Can Do

National Patient Safety Foundation®
A consumer fact sheet explaining several things you can do to help protect yourself from infections in the hospital.

 

Example Questions to Ask Nurses and Doctors to Protect Yourself Against HAI's

The CDC has released these example questions for patients to raise to their nurses and doctors to protect themselves from Healthcare-associated Infections.

 

View Dr. John D. Clarke's one-minute, award winning video on You Tube selected from more than 240 entries in a Department of Health and Human Services public service announcement contest about how to prevent the spread of influenza.