Top 10 infection control, patient safety stories in 2018

A nursing survey on nonphysician practitioners' role in managing patient care captured readers' attention the most in 2018.

Here are the 10 most-read stories from Becker's Clinical Leadership & Infection Control this year, beginning with the most popular:

1. Survey: 8 in 10 nurses believe nonphysician practitioners play larger role in managing patient care

2. Patient too large for MRI machine sues Oregon hospital for $7M

3. University Hospitals nurse fired for calling in sick with flu: 4 things to know

4. Texas Children's Hospital fires nurse over Facebook post

5. Second body found at San Francisco hospital in 1 week

6. EEOC sues Saint Thomas Health over mandatory flu shot policy

7. Nurse stabbed while trying to protect patient at Philadelphia hospital

8. 'We hate H3N2': 3 reasons this year's flu season could get worse

9. 25 teaching hospitals with the most safety violations

10. Tenet hospital's Medicare contract in jeopardy over patient safety issues

More articles on clinical leadership and infection control:

Chicago hospital performs record 54 heart transplants in 2018
2 killed, 1 injured in Texas ambulance crash
Tennessee hospital will exhume patient's body after her burial without family's OK

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