Search Tag: Infection Control

Executive Health Management

The-impact-of-staffing-shortages-on-patient-safety

2022 12 Apr

A recent study published in the  American Journal of Infection Control  showed that staff shortages and the extra burden on hospitals caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could increase the number of acquired infections and threaten patient care.   The study examined hospital-acquired infections at two hospitals in Illinois between September 2017 and...Read more

Health Management

Cyber-infection-control-time-to-take-it-seriously

2017 19 Sep

Both infection control and cybersecurity support the whole care process, but why do we treat them so differently?   In 1847 the father of infection control, Ignaz Semmelweis, took a position running maternity services in a Vienna hospital. During his time there he observed that women cared for by physicians were more likely to die (13-18%) from...Read more