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<br /> November/December 2013 Volume 10, Issue 6<br /> HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED<br /> INFECTIONS<br /> How effective is public reporting?<br /> Best Practices in<br /> Blood Management<br /> Biomedical Device<br /> Integration<br /> Brain Science and<br /> Patient Safety Training<br /> Infection Control<br /> <br /> <br /> 38<br /> 10<br /> CONTENTS<br /> November/December 2013 Volume 10, Issue 6<br /> Features<br /> 24 Healthcare-Associated Infection Reports<br /> By John Govednik, MS; Maryanne McGuckin, Dr. ScED, FSHEA;<br /> Jessica Bunson, MS, MT (ASCP), CIC; David Hyman, MD, JD; and<br /> Bernard S. Black,<br /> 32 Integrating Biomedical Devices Across the Enterprise?<br /> Go with the Flow<br /> By Mike Freeman, BSBA<br /> 38 Brain Science Provi<a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=1"> November/December 2013 </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=2"> </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=3"> </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=4"> 38 10 CONTENTS November/December 2013 Volume </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=5"> </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=6"> </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=7"> </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=8"> SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=9"> </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=10"> </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=11"> </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=12"> NEWS Strategic Radiology Establishes PSO to Impr</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=13"> Alarm Dangers Top ECRI’s Health Technology Hazard</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=14"> HEALTH IT & QUALITY Our Tower of Babel By </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=15"> </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=16"> Unlike the banking example, patients and institut</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=17"> </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=18"> HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS Analytics Drive Transparen</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=19"> cost data understand how transpar- ency of health</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=20"> ISMP Develop Partnerships with Technology and D</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=21"> a time-out procedure before utilizing a contrast </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=22"> SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES Meeting the Challenges of P</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=23"> between encounters with the healthcare system. </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=24"> STAFFING New Nurse Turnover and Patient Safety:</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=25"> 3. Put paper-based staffing systems where the</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=26"> Healthcare-Associated Infection Reports How d</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=27"> H ealthcare-associated </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=28"> STATE-MANDATED HAI REPORTS We asked HAI Coordi</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=29"> Consumer Feedback Twenty-five states have at least</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=30"> STATE-MANDATED HAI REPORTS design depended larg</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=31"> printed news media (45%), Internet (35%) or radio</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=32"> STATE-MANDATED HAI REPORTS Actionable Steps for </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=33"> care-Associated Infections, McGuckin & Goldfarb (</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=34"> Integrating Biomedical Devices Across the </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=35"> ing workflow alone generates more than 675,000 mes</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=36"> BIOMEDICAL DEVICE INTEGRATION Our BMDI Team di</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=37"> </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=38"> BIOMEDICAL DEVICE INTEGRATION the nursing serve</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=39"> </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=40"> Brain Science Provides New Approach to Patient </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=41"> the program. SE’s intermittent challenges grabbed</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=42"> PATIENT SAFETY TRAINING Acceptability of the S</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=43"> </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=44"> PATIENT SAFETY TRAINING Traditional bolus (AKA </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=45"> </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=46"> Don’t (Always) Give Blood A Team-Oriented Approa</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=47"> tients, and others, it is also far from a benign </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=48"> BLOOD MANAGEMENT BLOOD USE ON THE RISE </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=49"> travel to an arterial filter that removes any haza</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=50"> SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Infection Control </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=51"> </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=52"> SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION If we stop at han</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=53"> </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=54"> SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION To deliver a cons</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=55"> </a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=56"> NEWS Quality Conundrums Lynn Helmer, MD, MBA, CH</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=57"> American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilizati</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=58"> Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare (PSQH) welc</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=59"> As we move from the legislation to implementation</a> <a title="PSQH November/December 2013 page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31863827?page=60"> </a>