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Are You Prepared for the Leapfrog Hand Hygiene Survey?
The Leapfrog Group is a not-for-profit organization founded with the intention of bringing vital healthcare information to patients. The Leapfrog Group advocates for public access to data from all U.S. hospitals. Leapfrog’s website has a search fun...
The Joint Commission: Will You Get a Hand Slap or a High Five?
Has your hospital been impacted by The Joint Commission’s new 2018 standards for hand hygiene yet? As you probably know, the new standards represent a major change in how your organization is evaluated. With the old standards, you just had to have ...
The Joint Commission Just Drew a Line in the Sand on Hand Hygiene
The Joint Commission Perspectives newsletter just announced a major overhaul to their hand hygiene standards. If you haven’t seen it, you need to read it now. The Joint Commission frequently gets a bad rap, but they got this one right, and in doing...