Becker's Clinical Quality & Infection Control

March 2015 Infection Control & Clinical Quality

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4 EDITORIAL Molly Gamble / Editor in Chief, Becker's Hospital Review mgamble@beckershealthcare.com Laura Dyrda / Editor in Chief, ASC Review & Becker's Spine Review ldyrda@beckershealthcare.com Carrie Pallardy / Editor cpallardy@beckershealthcare.com Heather Punke / Editor hpunke@beckershealthcare.com Ayla Ellison / Editor aellison@beckershealthcare.com Kelly Gooch / Senior Writer/Reporter kgooch@beckershealthcare.com Anuja Vaidya / Senior Writer/Reporter avaidya@beckershealthcare.com Shannon Barnet / Writer/Reporter sbarnet@beckershealthcare.com Elizabeth Earl / Writer/Reporter eearl@beckershealthcare.com Akanksha Jayanthi / Writer/Reporter ajayanthi@beckershealthcare.com Emily Rappleye / Writer/Reporter erappleye@beckershealthcare.com Tamara Rosin / Writer/Reporter trosin@beckershealthcare.com SALES & PUBLISHING Jessica Cole / President & CEO 312-505-9387 / jcole@beckershealthcare.com Katie Atwood / Vice President of Operations 219-746-2149 / katwood@beckershealthcare.com Maggie Wrona / Director of Sales/Strategy 847-533-4118/ mwrona@beckershealthcare.com Sarah Laeuchli / Strategic Account Manager 312-448-9237 / slaeuchli@beckershealthcare.com Maura Jodoin / Account Executive - Integrated Campaigns 708-822-1786 / mjodoin@beckershealthcare.com Matt Anderson / Assistant Account Manager 312-448-9245 / manderson@beckershealthcare.com Ryan Ciepley / Assistant Account Manager 312-448-9243 / rciepley@beckershealthcare.com Eliza Hinton / Assistant Account Manager 312-929-3493 / ehinton@beckershealthcare.com Sarah Lohr / Assistant Account Manager 312-448-9234 / slohr@beckershealthcare.com Ariel Leung / Assistant Account Manager 312-448-9235 / aleung@beckershealthcare.com Scott Jones / Assistant Account Manager 312-448-9244 / sjones@beckershealthcare.com Leah Fishbein / Client Strategy/Marketing Manager 312-448-9232 / lfishbein@beckershealthcare.com Margo Vieceli / Client Strategy Manager 847-544-8304 / mvieceli@beckershealthcare.com Emma Goodman / HR/Recruiting/Operations Coordinator 312-448-9239 / egoodman@beckershealthcare.com Meghan Kelleher/ Sales/Marketing and Account Coordinator 312-448-9235 / mkelleher@beckershealthcare.com Megan McCormack / Ad Operations/Marketing Coordinator 312-448-9246 / mmccormack@beckershealthcare.com Lauren Groeper / Senior Director of Events 630-639-7595/ lgroeper@beckershealthcare.com Jessica Miller / Director of Events 847-302-0303 / jmiller@beckershealthcare.com Natalie Leoni / Content/Operations Coordinator 312-448-9233 / nleoni@beckershealthcare.com Scott Becker / Publisher sbecker@beckershealthcare.com Infection Control & Clinical Quality March 2015 Vol. 2015 No. 2 FEATURES 1 Hand Hygiene Compliance: An Internationally Shared Mission 1 How to Prioritize Patient-Centeredness: Q&A With Planetree's Dr. Susan Frampton 1 Hand Hygiene in 2015: Embrace the New Number 8 Hospital & Health System CMO, CNO & Chief Quality Officer Moves Hand Hygiene 9 What Causes Hand Hygiene Noncompliance? 24 Issues 9 Vibrating Badges Remind Clinicians to Wash Hands 10 Target Specific Noncompliance Issues to Improve Hand Hygiene Adherence 10 Hand Hygiene Adherence Extremely Low in the OR 10 Face Touching is a Habit: Raise Awareness to Raise Hand Hygiene Compliance Executive Briefing: Reducing Readmissions 12 Care Coordination and Technology: The Keys to Improving Post-Discharge Care Sterile Processing & Patient Safety 16 5 Important Patient Safety Supplies for Hospitals 16 5 Ways to Prevent Infection Spread in Waiting Rooms 16 10 Recommendations on How to Increase Transparency, Improve Patient Safety 17 How to Safely Reprocess Scopes Tied to CRE Infections: Experts Weigh In Executive Briefing: Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections 19 How to Quell the Rising Trend of CIED Infections Patient Safety Toolkit: Hand Hygiene 22 10 Popular Hand Hygiene Tools 22 Advertising Index Becker's Clinical Quality & Infection Control is published by ASC Communications. All rights reserved. Reproduc- tion in whole or in part of the contents without the express written permission is prohibited. For reprint or subscription requests, please contact (800) 417-2035 or e-mail scott@ beckershealthcare.com. For information regarding Becker's Clinical Quality & Infection Control, Becker's ASC Review, Becker's Hos- pital Review or Becker's Spine Review, please call (800) 417-2035. Becker's Healthcare Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality @BeckersQuality Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality

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