Rabies-infected bats in an Illinois hospital, the hospitals with the top nurse-patient communication and a Louisiana hospital transferring patients because of floods captured the attention of readers last week.
The following are the 10 most-read articles from Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality for the week of Aug. 15, starting with the most popular.
1. Update: Bat woes continue at Palos Community Hospital
2. Palos Community Hospital finds bats in OB unit
3. Ochsner hospital transfers 40 critically ill patients due to massive floods
4. Update: Dangerous bacteria detected outside of NICU at Prince George's Hospital Center
5. Hospitals disposing of organs, refusing transplants to maintain federal performance ratings
6. 45 hospitals with top nurse-patient communication
7. What does it take to be a CMS 5-star hospital? Hoag Orthopedic CEO shares his hospital's approach
8. Too much of a good thing? Not possible for hand hygiene compliance, study finds
9. UV lamps can help keep computer keyboards sterile, study shows
10. Why Andy Slavitt is tweeting about one patient's efforts to shed light on broken healthcare