November 2016 • Vol. 2016 No. 6
BECKER'S
Infection Control & Clinical Quality
Other Feature
Stories
Through the Eyes of the
Patient: Looking Beyond
HCAHPS to Improve
Patient Experience
p. 13
Many Superbug Deaths
in US Go Uncounted:
4 Things to Know
p. 20
Are Hospital Sinks Doing
More Harm Than Good?
p. 23
Specific Type of Heater-
Cooler Devices Linked to
Life-Threatening Infections,
CDC Warns: 9 Things to Know
p. 24
Nurses' Scrubs Likely Aid
Spread of Germs to Patients,
Study Finds
p. 25
CMS Updates Overall Star
Ratings: What's Changed?
p. 27
Hospital Quality Measures
Need Work: Mass General
Experts Weigh In
p. 28
SAVE THE DATE
Infection Control in the US:
2016 Year in Review
Meridian Health Launches Quality
Reporting Website in Name of
Transparency, Improvement
Several organizations offer hospital rankings
and publish publicly reported hospital quality
data, and it can be confusing for patients to
know what information is helpful and where
to find it. Patients of Hackensack Meridian
Health, however, are in luck — they don't have
to look further than Meridian Health's website
for that information.
Readmissions Past 7
Days May Be Out of
Hospitals' Control
Most hospital readmissions
beyond seven days are attrib-
utable to factors beyond a hos-
pital's control, findings from
a study published in Health
Affairs suggest.
2016 has been yet another busy year for infection control and hospital quality
professionals, as new hospital rankings were released, the threat of superbugs
continued to grow and new infection risks associated with medical devices
were uncovered.
e Becker's editorial staff broke down five of the biggest infection control,
patient safety and quality happenings from this year.
See the full story on page 6
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