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• Is the fight over? AORN to change recommendations in surgical headwear debate

  One of the fiercest fights in surgery is about ears. Do you cover them while conducting surgery? This simple question has fueled a bitter fight ever since The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) officially recommended that bouffant hats be worn in the OR by all surgical team members. Since then, there’s been a back-and-forth of testy statements and unsatisfying studies.
  
   

• When is it necessary to conduct an oxygen safety assessment for home health patients?

  All O2 patients need to at least be assessed on a comprehensive assessment for safety.

• The Joint Commission: Comments open on proposed suicide risk NPSG through May 7

  Wishing you could weigh in on The Joint Commission’s expectations about suicide risk? You have your chance. Through May 7, The Joint Commission is accepting comment on proposed revisions to National Patient Safety Goal 15 on reducing the risk of patient self-harm.

• Lawmakers want more AO oversight

  In a letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma, the committee is asking for what could be reams of information from the agency about patient harm and incidents of misconduct at acute care hospitals.

• 3 Ways to Knock C. diff Rates Down to Zero

  For Necia Kimber, RN, CIC, MHA, infection control practitioner at Stillwater (Oklahoma) Medical Center, "one infection is too many." Fortunately, when it comes to C. diff, Kimber has infection rates at the healthcare organization at just the right number: zero.

• Joint Commission releases 2017 sentinel event stats

  Unintended retention of a foreign body, patient falls, and wrong-site surgery top The Joint Commission’s full list of reported sentinel events for 2017.