American Accreditation Commission International

Harriet Smith, Risk and Safety Specialist – Healthcare — Harriet Smith Risk and Safety Specialist – Healthcare

High Incident Reporting is a mark of a high reliability organisation (Jun 8)

‘High reliability organisations are organisations that work in situations that have the potential for large-scale risk and harm, but which manage to balance effectiveness, efficiency and safety. They also minimise errors through teamwork, awareness of potential risk and constant improvement’ [The Health Foundation November 2011]

Prof. Miroslav Harjaček,MD PhD — Prof. Miroslav Harjaček MD PhD

From mouse to men – the MRSA story (Jun 1)

Antibiotic resistance is a serious threat to public health in both US and Europe, leading to increasing healthcare costs, prolonged hospital stays, treatment failures, and sometimes death.

Zeljko Ferencic‚MD,Vice President — Zeljko Ferencic‚MD Vice President

The autopsy as a quality assurance tool? (Apr 6)

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.

Why the Hospital Safety Score Works (Mar 24)

In some hospitals, patient safety is a top priority. But some hospitals don’t have teams that work well together, or good leadership to ensure that patient safety is the number one priority.

The poka-yoke in a surgical pathology laboratory (Feb 23)

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.

Medical errors haunt and embarrass doctors — and that can make them less likely to tell patients (Feb 10)

Medical errors in America and within EU, kill more people than AIDS or drug overdoses.

John Davis Bell‚MD, President — John Davis Bell‚MD President

Hand Washing (Dec 20)

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?

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