Updates on the mold problem at Pittsburgh-based UPMC, a hospital suspending its live donor kidney transplant program and whooping cough outbreaks in two states captured the attention of infection control and clinical quality readers last week.
The following are the 10 most-read infection control and clinical quality articles from Becker's Hospital Review for the week of Dec. 21, starting with the most popular.
1. CDC: Source of UPMC mold that killed 3 could not be found
2. UCSF Medical Center suspends live donor kidney transplant program
3. CMS rates less than 5% of hospitals as five-star
4. 2 states report whooping cough outbreaks
5. WHO publishes list of emerging diseases likely to cause major epidemics
6. 10 most common patient complaints, grievances with hospitals
7. 28 states ill-prepared for infectious disease outbreak, report finds
8. 10 most-Googled symptoms of 2015
9. 52 hospitals with the lowest all-cause unplanned readmission rates
10. How to properly clean medical scopes and improve patient safety: 10 steps