Leapfrog's new Top Hospitals, maggots found in a patient's wound and stories on the safety of concurrent surgeries piqued the interest of readers last week.
The following are the 10 most-read articles from Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality for the week of Dec. 5, starting with the most popular.
1. Leapfrog names 2016 Top Hospitals: 7 things to know
2. 4 Oklahoma VA staff members resign after maggots found in patient's wound
3. 4 requests nurses have for Trump: Takeaways from ANA's open letter
4. Dentist at VA hospital improperly cleans tools, puts almost 600 patients at risk for infection
5. Senate committee deems concurrent surgeries unsafe, urges hospitals to ban them
6. Study: Overlapping surgeries prove safe at Mayo
7. How does hospital patient room design affect HAI rates?
8. 'Nightmare bacteria' detected on US pig farm
9. New SSI guidance emphasizes patients' role in infection prevention
10. Florida hospital first to commit to all 12 Actionable Patient Safety Solutions