July 2016 • Vol. 2016 No. 4
ALSO INSIDE
6 Hand Hygiene Stories
Starting on p. 25
CDC Warns US Hospitals
of Emerging, Deadly Yeast
Infection
p. 28
20% of Hospitals Don't
Have a Policy to Handle
'Never Events'
p. 30
BECKER'S
Infection Control & Clinical Quality
FEATURED
CMS Officials to Hospitals:
Stop Misusing HCAHPS
Measures
p. 15
CMS' Proposed Rule
for Hospitals: Reduce
Antibiotic Use or Exit
Medicare
p. 42
Untreatable Superbug
Makes its Way to US for
First Time
p. 44
100 Patient Safety Benchmarks | 2016
Medical Errors Are No. 3 Cause of
Death in the US
e CDC lists chronic respiratory diseases as the No.
3 cause of death in the U.S., behind heart disease and
cancer, but researchers from Baltimore-based Johns
Hopkins beg to differ. ey analyzed data from an
eight-year period and found medical errors are the
true third leading cause of death in the U.S.
Spotlight on Zika
A 10-story spread on the
mosquito-borne virus, including
its link to birth defects, how
to protect healthcare workers
from transmission during labor
and delivery and a Q&A with
an infectious disease expert in
Miami.
See the full story on page 5
See them all starting on page 18. See the full story on page 27.
Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality has compiled a list of 100 pa-
tient safety benchmarks from various sources for hospital comparison.
Becker's Hospital Review 5
th
Annual CEO & CFO Roundtable
November 7-9, 2016
Swissotel | Chicago, Illinois
59 Hospital and Health System CEOs, 27 Hospital and Health System
CFOs Speaking; 103 Hospital Executives Speaking; 165 Speakers Total
Speaking on 6 Tracks and 70 Sessions
To learn more & register, visit www.BeckersHospitalReview.com/conference or call 800-417-2035
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