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Infection Control
& Clinical Quality
March/April 2014 Vol. 2014 No. 2
FEATuRES
1 The Road to Eliminating HAIs: Hand Hygiene Improvement at Cedars-Sinai
1 Tackling Diabetes Management at Catholic Health Partners
1 High-Price Doesn't Mean High-Quality for Hospitals
Managing Chronic Conditions
6 Patient Navigators Facilitate Successful Chronic Care, Study Finds
Hand Hygiene
7 Decision-Making, Lack of Knowledge Tank Hand Hygiene Compliance
7 Study: Hot Water Unnecessary for Handwashing
7 20% of U.S. Hospitals Missing Critical Hand Hygiene Station
Executive Briefing: Patient Warming
9 5 Strategies for Extracting More Value From Patient Warming
Patient Safety
13 BMC Pilot Program Achieves 89% Alarm Reduction in Alarm Rates
13 'Aggressive' Care Reduces Mortality of Hip Replacement Patients Without
Affecting Cost
13 Cardiac-Related Adverse Events Decline From 2005-2011
14 When Readmission Programs Fail, What's Next?
15 Patient Safety Toolkit
15 Advertising Index
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