HEALTHCARE- / HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS: THE COST TO SOCIETY
What Does the World Health Organization (WHO) Say? |
According to WHO:
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TARGETED BLOG POSTS CURRENT HEALTHCARE NEWS LINKS TO PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (HIT) HEALTHCARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (HIMS) |
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DATA ANALYSIS EXPERT WITNESS WEB TRAINING SESSIONS QUALITY-OF-CARE GUIDELINES INFECTION COONTROL RECOMMENDATIONS |
WHAT WAS THE GENESIS (PUN INTENDED) OF THIS INITIATIVE?
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In Memoriam ~ Judy FoleyJudith "Judy" / "Jude" Daryl Foley (b 17-Sep-1955 / d 29-Sep-2012) suffered what a statistics prof friend of the family described as an "Alphabet of Medical Errors" leading to her death over the span of 54 hours:
Our statistics prof family friend later suggested that to have twenty-six (26) different medical errors in succession was - basically - statistically improbable. This indicates systemic failure and a likelihood, therefore, that many of these errors (individually and collectively) were occurring on a regular basis with other patients in the same institution on an ongoing basis. |