title: Hospital safety and infection control: an update on new dangers and liability trends.
abstract: Patient and employee safety remains high on the list of hospital problems, with a number of new challenges facing safety officials. Lawsuits for negligent safety, the leading source of litigation against health care facilities, continue to produce costly judgments. In this update, we'll present a number of problems to watch out for and review some recent slip and fall and injury cases.
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005390:Fires / Q000517:prevention & control; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016365:Liability, Legal; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012637:Security Measures / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012984:Software; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology