National Patient Safety Goal 07.03.01

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National Patient Safety Goal 07.03.01
National Patient Safety Goal 07.03.01
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National Patient Safety Goal 07.03.01
The National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) 07.03.01 states that it will
“Implement evidence based practices to prevent health care-associated infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms in acute care hospitals…This requirement applies to, but is not limited to, epidemiologically important organisms such as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aurus (MRSA), clostridium difficile (CDI), vancomycin-resistent enterococci (VRE) and multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria.” (The Joint Commission, 2011, p.10).
Goal 7 of this initiative is to reduce the risk of health-care-associated infections. NPSG 07.01.01...

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