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Coded articles and information to indicate that content is related to one or more of the following national patient safety initiatives:
You will see icons in the magazine related to these initiatives and know immediately to which initiative(s) subject matter pertains. We have important updates to these initiatives noted in this issue too!
In this Issue
Patient Safety
- Three Important National Initiatives for Improving Patient Care
- New Joint Commission Report Shows Continued Improvement
- Quality of Patient Care
- The Joint Commission Tracer Methodology: Surgical
Site Infections
- #2 on the Joint Commission List: Retained Foreign Objects
- CAUTI Alert: Proceed with Caution
- Reducing CAUTI with Bladder Ultrasound
OR Issues
- Ambulatory Surgery Center Quality Collaboration
Expands Mission
- Indiana Surgeon Lowers Surgical Site Infection Rates
- Harm is Not an Option: Lessons from HROs
- New Regulations for Infection Prevention in Ambulatory
Surgery Centers
Special Features
- Let’s Talk About You! Survey
- The Future is Now for New Learning Technologies
- Preparing Your Organization for Color-by-Discipline Uniforms
- A State-of-the-Art Hybrid Program for the OR
- Never Lose Sight of Why We Are Nurses
- Medline Hosts 5th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Breakfast
Caring For Yourself
- Win-Win Negotiation: How to Get More of What You Want
- Healthy Eating: Syrian Salad
Forms & Tools
- 2009 AAAHC/CMS Crosswalk for Infection Control
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention Checklist: Perioperative Services
- WHO Surgical Safety Checklist
