Top 10 infection control stories, May 22-28

The hospitals patients would definitely recommend, new updates on Candida auris from the CDC and six book recommendations for patient safety leaders from Don Berwick, MD, captured the attention of readers last week.

Here are the 10 most read articles from Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality for the week of May 22, starting with the most popular.

1. Top 44 hospitals patients would definitely recommend

2. 122 C. auris cases found in the US: 6 updates from the CDC

3. Dr. Don Berwick: 5 big missteps on the patient safety journey

4. Study: OR doors open approximately 13.4 times per hour during surgery, raising air particulate counts

5. Dr. Don Berwicks' reading list: 6 book recommendations for safety leaders

6. UC Irvine MRSA outbreak calls universal decontamination strategy into question

7. Major teaching hospitals have lower mortality rates, study finds

8. How accurately do ICU physicians, nurses predict patient outcomes? 5 insights

9. 6 recent stories, studies on surgical site infections

10. A blueprint for change: 7 things to know about Mass General's implementation of a patient handoff system