Top 10 infection control, patient safety stories in March

A $25.5 million lawsuit filed against Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center over a wrong-site surgery captured readers' attention the most in March.

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

1. Vanderbilt hit with $25.5M suit over wrong-site surgery

2. 48 Mount Carmel nurses, pharmacists under review amid patient deaths

3. 10 most common sentinel events of 2018

4. Missouri hospital retains Medicare contract after investigation into colonoscopy death

5. Johns Hopkins All Children's still noncompliant with some regulations, CMS says

6. Police shoot gunman outside care facility where patient in vegetative state gave birth

7. Flu activity still elevated: 6 things to know

8. Stricter rules for accrediting bodies met with industry debate

9. CMS push to curb HACs dings level 1 trauma centers, says Carilion's quality chief

10. 10 top patient safety concerns for 2019, ranked by ECRI Institute

 

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