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Patient Safety Representatives Unite to Implement Global Patient Safety Action Plan in the United States

Armando Nahum is a founding member of Patients for Patient Safety U.S. as well as co-founder and president of Safe Care Campaign, an organization dedicated to infection prevention.

Preventable harm in the healthcare system is an urgent public health challenge, internationally and in the United States. Globally, more people die now from medical errors or other breakdowns in the quality and safety of healthcare services than from lack of access to them. (1) Researchers estimate that medication errors, preventable infections, venous thromboembolism, falls, Read More >

October 7, 2021 by Armando Nahum, Patients for Patient Safety U.S., Founding Member2 Comments

Healthcare-associated infections, Patient Stories and Patient Safety

Action Plan, Implementation, Infection Control and Prevention, patient safety

Sepsis Opportunities: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sepsis is the body’s extreme response to an infection. It is a life-threatening medical emergency. Sepsis happens when an infection you already have triggers a chain reaction throughout your body. Infections that lead to sepsis most often start in the lung, urinary tract, skin, or gastrointestinal tract. Without timely treatment, sepsis can rapidly lead to Read More >

September 13, 2021 by Runa Gokhale, MD, MPH, and Raymund Dantes, MD, MPH5 Comments

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Care, Collaborative Research, COVID-19, Health Equity, Health Informatics, Infection Control and Prevention, Preventing Infections, Sepsis, Survivors, Treatment, Vulnerable Populations

Protecting Patients Through Healthcare Resiliency

Denise Cardo, MD Former Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention In keeping with the catalyzing nature of past Decennial conferences, an international conference that occurs once every 10 years, to set the research agenda for the prevention of healthcare-associated Read More >

August 19, 2021 by CDC's Safe Healthcare Blog3 Comments

Healthcare-associated infections

CDC Supports Microbiome Science to Advance Infection Prevention, Clinical Care, and Public Health

The human Microbiome, genetic material of all the microbes that live on and inside the human body.

Controlling and containing emerging antibiotic-resistant threats and protecting people requires novel and innovative approaches. The human microbiome is a promising area of research for these efforts. Infectious disease experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Read More >

June 25, 2021 by Melia Haile, MPH, CHES; Alison Laufer Halpin, PhD; L. Clifford McDonald, MD; and Chris Elkins, PhD

Healthcare-associated infections

Celebrating National Skilled Nursing Care Week 2021

Long-term care staff are healthcare heroes In recognition of National Skilled Nursing Care Week 2021, the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion would like to thank the long-term care staff of facilities across the country for the their great work and dedication to caring for and protecting residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have heard many Read More >

May 12, 2021 by Denise Cardo, MD2 Comments

Healthcare-associated infections, Long Term Care (LTC)

Healthcare-associated Infections, Infection Control and Prevention, Infection Prevention, Long-term care staff, Resident safety