In this issue: Hand-Washing: Low Tech but Vital; Blood Clot Prevention: All in the Plan; Medication Mistakes: You Can Catch Them; and more...

Health care insiders know that the real challenge for any hospitalized patient is coming home without an extra injury or disease added to what they came into the hospital to get fixed. The odds of preventable injury are as high as one in every four hospital admissions.

In our last newsletter, I offered several tips for how you can help a loved one or friend beat the odds.