Building Quality in Health Care
The Official Journal of
Methodist International and the
International Hospital Federation
Vol. 2 No. 2 | 2008

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Editorial

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First do no harm: Protecting patients and health-care
providers from infection
by Tesfamicael Ghebrehiwet

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Becoming a top quality and safety hospital
by Thomas Knight

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Disinfection with chlorhexidine mouthwash,
"Safer Systems Saving Lives" and regular mouthcare
can reduce ventilator associated pneumonia
Wendy Butvila, Martin Reilly and Genevieve Sturman

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TRIM - "Lean" on the front line
Thinh H Tran, Geri Schimmel and Emily Sullivan

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Improving quality in an emergency department through
employee empowerment
John Schooley