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A failing health care system caused my husband’s death

Vonda Vaden Bates and her late husband Yogiraj Charles Bates.

This opinion article was originally published in STAT: A failing health care system caused my husband’s death. His care team was incredibly kind, but they lacked the resources to save his life. On Tuesday, September 17, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Agency for Healthcare Read More >

October 7, 2024 by Guest Author Vonda Vaden Bates, a patient safety advocate.Leave a comment

Blood, Organ, and Tissue Safety, Patient Stories and Patient Safety

Effective diagnostic processes and patient safety means not having to ask “What if”

“What If” I was seen, heard, and treated like a partner? Regarded as the greatest English novelist during the Victorian Era, Charles Dickens once said, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.” Those words never rang truer than Read More >

September 18, 2024 by Col. Steven L. CoffeeLeave a comment

Patient Stories and Patient Safety

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Keeping Your Hands Clean and Healthy

Truth: Alcohol-based is more effective and less drying than soap and water.

As a healthcare worker, clean hands count. Clean hands prevent the spread of illness in healthcare facilities. Unfortunately, the frequent handwashing and sanitizing needed to achieve this all too often results in painful, cracking, or broken skin on the hands. This raises an important question: what can we do to ensure our hands are clean Read More >

May 6, 2024 by Aída Lugo-Somolinos MD, Brandon L. Adler, MD and Jennifer K. Chen, MD

Patient Stories and Patient Safety

Clean hands count, Hand Hygiene, Infection Control and Prevention

Denise Cardo, MD, retires after 30 years dedicated to patient safety

As part of Public Health Thank You Day, celebrated every year on the Monday before Thanksgiving, we’d like to honor Denise Cardo, MD, who recently retired from public service after 30 years dedicated to patient safety. Denise leaves a legacy of protecting the United States and the globe from some of our most challenging and Read More >

November 20, 2023 by Katy Capers, MA, & Kendra Driver, PhD3 Comments

Patient Stories and Patient Safety

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I Want My Sepsis Experience to Help Save Lives

Katy Grainger, Sepsis Alliance Board of Directors

In 2018, I got a small infection on my thumb that looked unusual, so I visited an emergency room. All my vital signs were strong at the time, and there was no indication that the infection had progressed or that my body had developed sepsis. Over the next 36 hours, I developed several of the Read More >

September 13, 2023 by Katy Grainger, Sepsis Survivor, double amputee, patient advocate and member of Sepsis Alliance Board of Directors13 Comments

Healthcare-associated infections, Patient Stories and Patient Safety

Healthcare-associated Infections, Infection Control and Prevention, patient stories and patient safety, Sepsis

Category: Patient Stories and Patient Safety

A failing health care system caused my husband’s death

Effective diagnostic processes and patient safety means not having to ask “What if”

Keeping Your Hands Clean and Healthy

Denise Cardo, MD, retires after 30 years dedicated to patient safety

I Want My Sepsis Experience to Help Save Lives