Tag: Infections
Hand Sanitizer Dispensers: When Simple Design Beats Fancy Technology
TL;DR: Hand sanitizer dispensers may seem trivial, but their design affects reliability, cost, and infection prevention. This post uses a Lean lens to show...
What’s Up With Neckties in Healthcare?
It's a simple question: what's up with so many men wearing ties in healthcare? Are you / they wearing them because you like to,...
From SHS: Ohio Health Reduces Surgical Site Infections Using Lean
A few weeks back, I attended the Society for Health Systems (SHS) Conference in Orlando, where I chaired the Patient Flow track. There were...
"Dead by Mistake" Report Hits the News
As I had alluded to the other day, there was a huge investigative piece that ran across the country Sunday in the Hearst Newspapers....
Behind the Numbers: A Startling Look at Healthcare Quality, Patient Safety,...
TL;DR -- Healthcare Quality & Patient Safety by the NumbersPreventable medical errors remain one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Research suggests hundreds...
CNN Video on Lean Methods and Infection Control
Health care's infectious loss - Video - Business News
Short post for today - but an important one. Here's a great video from CNN last...
Revisiting Handwashing, Time, Systems, and Blame
I've struck a chord with a few nurses with this post from late last year:Why Do Hospitals Have to Rely on Vigilant Patients and...
Error Proofing To Ensure Hospital Staff Handwashing?
Hand washing and proper hand hygiene is a big concern at most hospitals -- thankfully so, since hand hygiene and other basic infection control...
The Need for Clean Hospitals
Our Unsanitary Hospitals - WSJ.comThat's "Clean", not a typo of "Lean." Good column in the WSJ today by Betsy McCaughey, head of the...
Putting the Burden on Patients?
I saw this ad (click on the photo for a larger, readable view) in the Wall Street Journal Monday. It's an ad run...
Medicare to Stop Paying for Rework
Hospital-borne ailments face Medicare budget ax | IndyStar.comHealthcare has LONG been a piecework industry. Caregivers and facilities are paid for WHAT they do...
100% is the Only Goal for Hospital Hand Hygiene
Ledger-Enquirer | 03/27/2007 | Campaign's goal is to reduce infections
To those who might have thought I overstated the situation with hand washing in hospitals,...
