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HealthGrades study: 52 percent lower chance of dying at top-rated hospitals
Ratings of every nonfederal hospital in the country on www.healthgrades.com GOLDEN, Colo. (October 13, 2009) – The largest annual study of patient outcomes at each of the nation’s 5,000 nonfederal hospitals found a wide gap in quality between the nation’s best hospitals and all others. According to the study, issued today by HealthGrades, the…
Physical Environment Reminders
Storage on the floor must be neat and orderly. No storage within 18 inches of the ceiling, except on shelves against the wall as long as sprinklers are not obstructed. No evidence of smoking. All exit signs are illuminated. No storage of flammables or anything except cleaning items under sinks. No door stops are allowed….
MicroFiber Cleaning Tools
It was more than five years ago that we changed from cotton towels and mops to microfiber towels and mops. The difference has been dramatic. Fresh mops for each patient rooms instead of going to the closet and dumping your big bucket every three rooms. Towels that clean better and don’t deactivate the disinfectant. Less…
What Kind of Leader are You
“I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, If anything, I am the prod” `Winston Churchill. I like this quote because I don’t want to be one who waits to be told, I force myself to take action, to learn something new everyday, and to gently but firmly prod…
Cleaning in Critical Areas, A Video Overview
Here Betco Corporation offers a video overview of how and why we clean critical areas. This is a good video for regular review.
Where are hospitals advertising now?
I find more hospitals with blogs every week. One that I enjoy reading is https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/, started by Paul Levy, President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. I have also found many hospitals on twitter. One example is https://www.twitter.com/sierra-view, a great hospital I worked with, and another is https://twitter.com/mayoclinic, the Mayo Clinic….