Patient safety systems must be able to withstand serious threats to patient safety. If such systems whither when confronted with staff shortages, supply chain disruptions, or infectious diseases, they cannot be considered patient safety systems. A sy...
Some hospitals have asked The Leapfrog Group to relax its hand hygiene standards, says Leah Binder, Leapfrog’s president and CEO, according to a January 28, 2022 Becker’s Hospital Review article. That’s not going to happen. Becker’s Hos...
No change initiative will be successful without staff buy-in. It doesn’t matter how inspired, impactful, or well-researched the initiative is. A hand hygiene initiative that’s projected to significantly decrease healthcare-associated infections (...
Initiating a coordinated hand hygiene improvement initiative in a large healthcare system is not as difficult as you may think. Certainly, there are challenges involved when introducing any kind of change in an organization with thousands of employee...
Nurses have no patience for hand hygiene systems that interfere with their clinical workload. Given the choice between missing hand hygiene but performing timely, necessary care or diligently performing hand hygiene but missing the opportunity to pro...
Forget “normal.” Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, with new variants popping up around the globe, one thing is abundantly clear: Every aspect of our lives has been affected by the presence of a virus that was previously unknown. Health...
Should nurse managers get a financial bonus if their units achieve excellence in hand hygiene? Should hospital leaders be penalized if hand hygiene rates remain low? Maybe. The current Leapfrog Hand Hygiene survey asks if “senior administrative lea...
Want to earn a top Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade? Pour some extra effort into avoiding these five common mistakes that can negatively affect your rating on the Leapfrog Hand Hygiene survey: 1. Failing to monitor all bedside areas The Leapfrog ...
NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest municipal hospital system in the United States, minimized the number of times nurses entered patients’ rooms early in the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time — when personal protective equipment (PPE) was in s...
Patients are an important part of the hand hygiene equation. The CDC website reminds patients that they “can play a role in asking and reminding healthcare providers to clean their hands,” and the latest Leapfrog hand hygiene standards include as...
