New Quality and Safety ListServ Established (Sep 23, 2009)
The College's Department of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement has established a Quality & Safety ListServ to serve as a communication vehicle on patient safety and quality improvement. The ListServ will provide a forum to share ideas and be...(click title to continue)

Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert: Effective Leadership Critical to Preventing Medical Errors (Aug 27, 2009)
A new Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert issued on August 27, 2009, urges health care leaders to step up efforts to prevent errors by taking the zero-defect approach used in other high-risk industries such as aviation and nuclear energy.

Joint Commission's National Hospital Inpatient Quality Measures- Perinatal Care Core Measure Set (Aug 14, 2009)
Submit questions to the Joint Commission concerning the upcoming release of their Perinatal Care Core Measure Set.

CDC Advisors Make Recommendations for Use of Vaccine Against Novel H1N1 (Aug 4, 2009)
CDC advisors issued recommendations for use of vaccine against Novel H1N1 at the ACIP meeting July 29, 2009 that includes pregnant women as a key population to receive vaccine when it becomes available.

Keep Updated with CDC Guidance for Swine Flu (Jul 23, 2009)
Guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including specific treatment and chemoprophylaxis for swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infections for pregnant women and infants, are available on the CDC website.

Patient Safety Organizations Fast Facts (Apr 15, 2009)
Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) are designed to improve patient safety and quality by encouraging health care providers to voluntarily submit adverse event and other clinical information for analysis.  Such information is intended to help h...(click title to continue)

Joint Commission Guide on Hand Hygiene Compliance (Apr 14, 2009)
The Joint Commission Issues Guide on Hand Hygiene Compliance   To help health care organizations target their efforts in measuring hand hygiene performance, The Joint Commission is releasing "Measuring Hand Hygiene Adherence: Overcoming t...(click title to continue)