AHRQ News Now: reducing unneeded blood cultures in children; worldwide growth in use of ADHD meds; new patient safety research

AHRQ News Now: reducing unneeded blood cultures in children; worldwide growth in use of ADHD meds; new patient safety research

Highlights From AHRQ’s Patient Safety Network

AHRQ’s Patient Safety Network (PSNet) highlights journal articles, books and tools related to patient safety. Articles featured this week include:

• Changes in prevalence of health care–associated infections in U.S. hospitals
• Bachelor's degree nurse graduates report better quality and safety educational preparedness than associate degree graduates
• Why doctors hate their computers

Review additional new publications in PSNet’s current issue or access recent cases and commentaries in AHRQ’s WebM&M (Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the Web).