Mission Critical TV - HAIs

Last year, Medicare, the federal health program for the elderly and disabled, announced that it will stop paying hospitals to treat several types of hospital infections that are preventable and therefore should never happen. Hospitals will be barred from billing patients for what Medicare doesnt pay. Even the Joint Commission, which is responsible for accrediting most of the nations hospitals, recently announced that it will make hospital hygiene and infection prevention a focus of future inspections. These are major changes that will eventually save lives, BUT how does a hospital go about preventing hospital acquired infections (HAIs)? What are the best practices? Is this a technology issue or a management issue? Has any hospital been successful eliminating HAIs? Is there anyone we can learn from?

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