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Cutting Readmissions for Sepsis
26 Jun 2015 Sepsis is a global healthcare problem and has been around since the dawn of time, having been described for more than 2000 years. Severe sepsis remains both an important clinical challenge and an economic burden.
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The Autopsy as a Quality Assurance Tool?
6 Apr 2015 During the past several decades the aims of the autopsy have changed considerably. The traditional uses of autopsy were determination or confirmation of the cause and mechanism of death, research into the nature of disease and the identification of specific diseases, improvement in the practice of medicine through application of autopsy findings to clinical practice, and education of medical students.
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The Poka-Yoke in a Surgical Pathology Laboratory
23 Feb 2015 The final product of the surgical pathology laboratory is the surgical pathology report. The process starts with the arrival of raw material from the clinician in the form of a biospecimen from the patient.
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Hand Washing
20 Dec 2014 When we think of the 2 most probable causes of nosocomial infections, arguably they are hand hygiene and inappropriate use of antibiotics. In the case of hand hygiene, all health care workers understand the need for this control in the hospital setting. Why do we forget?
