3 Stories You May Have Missed: Proper Use of PPE – Art of Patient Safety – Resource Center for CRE/Duodenoscopes

We know you’re busy, but we don’t want you to miss important healthcare quality and patient safety news. Below is a roundup of stories you may have missed but need to take a look at before calling it a week. (Sign up on the right if you’d like these news alerts delivered to you.)

1. Putting On and Removing Personal Protective Equipment
   Proper use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is essential in order to minimize harm from exposure to dangerous pathogens including the Ebola virus. Use this video to review, with staff, key protocols for putting on, taking off and disposing of safety wear and equipment.
2. Looking at Patient Safety Through a Different Lens
   Healthcare professionals are accustomed to learning about the science of patient safety, but this piece helps us to consider the art of patient safety. The author specifically focuses on the importance of people skills and the impact they have on the occurrence of sentinel events.
3. CRE and Duodenoscope Resource Center
   ECRI Institute has launched a free online resource center that provides guidance and recommendations to the healthcare community regarding the reprocessing of the difficult-to-clean endoscopes linked to recent patient deaths caused by the carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) superbug.