A hospital notifying 1,300 patients of a possible infection risk, a new study on the occurrence of medical errors and several hand hygiene videos piqued the interest 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 Oct. 26, starting with the most popular.
1. Medication errors occur in half of all surgeries: 7 study findings
2. WellSpan York notifies 1,300 patients of possible bacterial exposure after 4 patients die
3. Leapfrog's new Hospital Safety Score report reveals improvements: 5 findings
4. BIDMC staff channel Taylor Swift for video on fighting the flu, hand hygiene
5. Doctor, Did You Wash Your Hands? 9 things to know about the website and its developer
6. 10 most common patient complaints, grievances with hospitals
7. 15 Ohio hospitals with the cleanest rooms, as reported by patients
8. Viral video channels 'Uptown Funk' to inspire hand hygiene
9. Patient safety tool: Dartmouth-Hitchcock's hand hygiene video
10. 10 hospitals that get the most positive buzz on Twitter