Becker's Healthcare June 7, 2024
Patients at Joint Commission-accredited nursing homes get fewer catheter-associated urinary tract infections and fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections than those at nonaccredited ones, a study published in the June 2024 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety found.
Researchers compared data from a total of 333 facilities — 244 of which were accredited by The Joint Commission and 89 that were not. Facilities that were accredited had fewer infections for the two healthcare-associated infections described above, but no differences...
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