Focus: Infection Control

Detroit Medical Center releases plans to correct infection control problems

U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finds numerous issues with sterilization of instruments


The Detroit Medical Center (DMC) has submitted a report to the federal government on how it will address its infection control problems, according to an article on the Crains Detroit website.

Infection control deficiencies found at DMC include failure to regularly preclean surgical instruments in operating rooms, mixing dirty gloves with clean ones, mopping blood-stained floors without moving cleaned equipment and failing to document cleaning of instruments and training of employees, the article said.

The problems were included in a report from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services based on August 2016 inspection.

DMC's action plan, which responds point-by-point to CMS' list of infractions, lays out a series of steps the hospital system is taking to address two comprehensive deficiencies: infection control and infection control officers, or management oversight.

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October 17, 2016


Topic Area: Infection Control


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