09/10/2009- USA- Teaming up with top hospitals and health systems across the country to use new methods to find the causes of and put a stop to dangerous and potentially deadly breakdowns in patient care, the Joint Commission is launching the Center for Transforming Healthcare. The Center’s first initiative is tackling handwashing failures that contribute to healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) that kill nearly 100,000 Americans each year and cost U.S. hospitals $4 billion to $29 billion annually to combat. Less than 50% of caregivers wash their hands before touching a patient. A crutial problem not easy to fix but that must be adressed with courage and professionalism.
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