WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: March 7, 2013 Featuring: Gene H. Burke, MD, Vice President and Executive Medical Director for Clinical Effectiveness, Sentara Healthcare Michael Howell, MD, Director of Healthcare Delivery Science, Director of Critical Care Quality, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Lisa L. Maragakis, MD, MPH, FSHEA, Director of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Johns Hopkins Hospital Scott A. Miller, MD, FACP, Vice President, Medical Affairs, Sentara Leigh Hospital Tom Talbot, MD, MPH, Chief Hospital Epidemiologist, Vanderbilt University Medical Center One of the cornerstones of infection prevention in any health care setting, including when someone is being cared for at  home, is good hand hygiene. Much of the attention in recent years has focused on hospitals and their rates of hand hygiene compliance among staff. And rightly so. Among the biggest contributors to hospital-acquired infections are, inadvertently, health professionals themselves... and others who come in contact with patients. Th