The Experience of a Community Hospital in Quantifying and Reducing Patient Falls.
2000
Journal of Nursing Care Quality
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 14
Pages 43-53
Author(s): Alcée, D.
While patient falls always were reported to the Hospital Quality Management Committee and to the Nursing Quality Management Committee at John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, most reports were made anecdotally. There was no critical review of the cause and effect of falls nor was there any "trending" on a month-to-month basis. Questions raised about specific falls that resulted in patient injuries led Nursing Administration to conduct a retrospective review of all patient falls.
Added August 2014
Persistent contamination of fabric-covered furniture by vancomycin-resistant enterococci: Implications for upholstery selection in hospitals
2000
American journal of infection control
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 28
Pages 311-313
Author(s): Noskin, G.A., Bednarz, P., Suriano, T., Reiner, S., Peterson, L.
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are a type of enterococci bacteria resistant to antibiotics especially vancomycin. Enterococci bacteria typically do not cause problems in healthy people but may cause infections (sometimes serious infections) to patients with weakened immune system in body sites such as the intestines, the urinary tract, and wounds. Because of the increasing resistance to antibiotics, VRE infections are much more difficult to treat than other enterococci infections and are becoming a major type of healthcare-associated infections.
Added October 2012
