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Hospitals, get with the program
Photograph by Kristina Krug Hospital-acquired infections rarely make national headlines, but today, “Deadly infections” hits magazine racks across America in the March 2010 issue of Consumer Reports,...
View ArticleCalifornia Pharmacy Board Should Support Safer Medication Labels
Contrary to the expert opinion and research that it has studied in the last two years, the California Board of Pharmacy is being swayed by retailer lobbyists and chain-pharmacy interests against making...
View ArticleNew Resource for Those Dissatisfied with a Health Care Experience
Guest blog post by Deb Wachenheim, Health Quality Manager at Health Care For All (HCFA) in Boston. HCFA has launched a new website that can help patients in Massachusetts and across the country speak...
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A Lifesaving Safety Program Your Hospital Should Follow
Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D. In its March 2010 issue, Consumer Reports featured Dr. Peter Pronovost’s hospital safety and checklist program to prevent ICU central-line associated bloodstream...
View ArticleNew CDC report on CLABSIs: One step forward, many more to go
This week the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a state-specific report (not hospital specific) on rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in the...
View ArticleLet’s talk about labels
After falling under industry pressure in the Board of Pharmacy, requirements for safer prescription medication labels have found new life in the California Legislature. With the support of Consumers...
View ArticleVictory for patients! Public reporting of certain infections will go nationwide
From the Consumer Reports Health Blog: Soon it will be easier for you to find out how well your hospital prevents certain infections. As part of the new health care reform law, the Department of Health...
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MRSA Study Indicates Good News But Far Too Many Patients Suffering
Last week’s good news of a decline in serious MRSA health care-acquired infections, is a victory for patient safety, but we still have a long way to go to eliminate this very preventable crisis. The...
View ArticleSwine flu victim dies from hospital acquired infection
This weekend, Martha Deed–who recently shared her story with Consumers Union’s Safe Patient Project–was published in The Buffalo News. Martha’s daughter died in a New York ICU where she had been...
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Consumer voices to be heard at national hospital infection meeting
A group of eleven consumer advocates on patient safety will attend the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) meeting in Dallas this week: “State-Level Partners Collaborating to Eliminate...
View ArticleInformation about Rhode Island ICU Collaborative
"The collaborative aims to improve patient safety and clinical outcomes for adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients in the state, through the development of a unit-based patient safety program and the...
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