A sterilization issue at Seattle Children's clinic, stories for Sepsis Awareness Month and the CDC's updated Ebola personal protective equipment guidelines 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 Aug. 31, starting with the most popular.
1. Seattle Children's warns of possible infection after sterilization issue discovered
2. Hand sanitizer use: What spots are missed most often by healthcare workers?
3. Legionnaires' disease kills 7 in Illinois veterans home
4. September is Sepsis Awareness Month: 5 recent stories on the life-threatening condition
5. The 38 hospitals facing highest Medicare penalties for readmissions
6. 5 ways to boost patient loyalty and satisfaction
7. CDC updates guidelines for Ebola PPE
8. Common CHG bathing questions, answered
9. VA hospitals performed fewer root cause analyses while number of medical errors increased
10. Utah resident dies from plague, becomes fourth death in US this year