The Shift Toward Safer Hospitals
As we face the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic together, reduced government and press reporting are not reflecting the current high levels of infection, hospitalization, death and long COVID organ damage...
Healthcare Safety
It is crucial to ensure that everyone receives proper protection against healthcare-associated infections.
Handwashing, Gloves, and Masks: Oh My!
By Naomi Bar-Yam
In 1847, Hungarian obstetrician Ignaz Semmelweis saw that obstetric patients died of childbed fever at a...
Joining Forces for Safety: Elevating Hospital Standards in the Fight Against Infections
In a world where health is our most precious asset, the need for vigilance and proactive measures in healthcare settings...
How to use the provider database
To ensure everyone is able to use this resource, we have put together videos answering some of our most frequent user...
Join WHN’s Doctors’ Alliance
Physicians within WHN, led by a founding committee of five, are forming an alliance of doctors who support concrete guidance...
HICPAC Vote Calls for Surgical Masks Instead of Respirators Despite Expert and Public Outcry
Despite continuing significant COVID-19 hospitalizations and emergency room visits, and deaths, scattered COVID outbreaks in...
Concerned Physicians Letter to HICPAC
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HHS Complaint on HICPAC
HICPAC is the subject of a Gross Misconduct complaint filed with the HHS Inspector General against HHS Secretary Xavier...
Quantitative errors in the Cochrane review
Link: https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3486610/v1
Summary of the highlights of the paper
Quantitative errors in...
November 2023 – Letter to HICPAC Members
We want healthcare to be safe for both healthcare workers and patients. The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory...
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