Mold found in a UPMC hospital, how Ohio hospitals are tackling sepsis and a new case of the plague piqued the interest of clinical quality and infection control 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 Sept. 14, starting with the most popular.
1. CMS fines Cleveland Clinic hospital for lab deficiencies
2. UPMC probes link between mold, patient deaths: 6 things to know
3. Mold shuts down ICU at UPMC Presbyterian
4. CMS readmission reduction program is unfair, needs redesign, Harvard study suggests
5. Venice Regional Bayfront suffers another sewage leak
6. 'We know what to do with sepsis': Ohio hospitals renew sepsis mortality reduction efforts
7. CDC: Healthcare facilities need to immediately review medical device cleaning procedures
8. Plague bacteria may have been shipped from government labs
9. Plague case confirmed in Michigan
10. What's your score, start rating, wait time? 5 ways patients are finding out