Infections

Hospital-Aquired Infection Rates Go Public

Results of the state’s first-ever public report of hospital-acquired infections show Oregon facilities outperform the national average
May 24, 2010 -- Oregon hospitals outperformed the national average last year in two types of common infections, based on the state’s first public report of its kind released today some two and half years after the legislature called for it. Read More >>

How Legacy Reduced Infections 40 Percent

For the past two years, Legacy Health System has seriously reduced harm
May 12, 2010 -- When Jodi Joyce, vice president of quality and patient safety for Legacy Health System, testified before the House Health Care Committee in February, she delivered a startling fact. Read More >>

Infection Rate Reporting Lacks Validation, Yet

A team of public health officials plan to verify what hospitals are reporting is accurate
May 12, 2010 -- When Oregon officials release the state’s first-ever public report on hospital-acquired infections later this month, chances are it won’t represent the true number of cases. In fact, it probably won’t be even close. Read More >>

Hospitals Slow to Adopt Renowned Program

A Johns Hopkins University professor is on a crusade to end blood stream infections. Will Oregon hospitals participate?
April 28, 2010 -- More than 30,000 Americans die each year from a completely preventable blood stream infection acquired at hospitals. Yet facilities across the country – including those in Oregon – have been slow to adopt measures that could eliminate them altogether. Read More >>

Sunshine Coming for Hospital-acquired Infections

Details are expected to show wide variation by hospital for infection rates resulting from surgeries and blood stream catheters
April 21, 2010 -- The Oregon Office of Health Policy and Research is getting ready to release the state’s first-ever public report on hospital-acquired infections next month. And preliminary data show room for improvement. Read More >>

Hospitals Unlikely to Put Mistakes in Writing

Oregon hospitals are also reporting too few errors, while on their way to adopting a standard surgical checklist
February 11, 2010 -- Despite a concerted effort by the Oregon Patient Safety Commission, Oregon hospitals are falling short in providing written notice to patients that a mistake occurred within their facility. Read More >>

Tensions Rise Over Publicly Disclosing Superbug

It’s unclear how one of the deadliest, most prolific pathogens will be identified – if at all – when hospital-acquired infection rates become public in January 2010. That’s because hospitals get to play a large role in deciding what to tell you.
April 23, 2009 -- Dee Dee Vallier gets calls and emails almost every day from people who were either affected personally or had a family member affected by a multi-drug resistant Staph infection. Read More >>
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