Apr 16, 2024
In this episode of Stories of Care, we talk with Michelle Doll, MD, a health system epidemiologist with Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, about the importance of hand hygiene in health care settings. Dr. Doll discusses challenges with and strategies for improving hand hygiene, the impact of automated...
Dec 19, 2023
Approximately 15% of Americans live in a rural setting, and they are at a greater risk of death from 5 leading causes (heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, stroke and chronic lower respiratory disease) than urban Americans. Studies looking at rural hospitals note unique challenges: health care staff shortages,
Nov 14, 2023
Structural racism affects many aspects of life – residential segregation, quality of education, and economic potential. In addition, health care delivery is affected by structural racism. In the 2018 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report, Black, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native, and...
Oct 31, 2023
No patient expects to get an infection in the hospital that they did not arrive with, yet over 500,000 patients do each year (about 1 in every 31 patients). Patients who suffer from health care associated infections, or HAIs, have higher morbidity and mortality than those who don’t. These preventable infections...
Sep 19, 2023
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Amina Ahmed, Pediatric Hospital Epidemiologist and Division Chair of Infectious Diseases at Atrium Health, to discuss tuberculosis in the United States. Patient isolation and appropriate PPE for health care professionals can prevent tuberculosis from spreading while the patient is...