Speak Up and Stay Alive

Hand hygiene is the most important component in the prevention of hospital-acquired infections. Today's guest talks about how to become empowered to ask your healthcare providers to wash their hands prior to touching you. Not always an easy task - but when you understand the consequences - (death) you just might find the nerve! For more patient safety tips and tools - visit http://www.speakupandstayalive.com [http://www.speakupandstayalive.com] Purchase the brand new book titled Healthcare Acquired Infections at the website. Speak Up and Stay Alive Podcast is brought to you by Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com/) [http://www.talk4podcasting.com/)] on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com/) [http://www.talk4media.com/)].

Stephen Wilkins MPH – Mind the Gap Academy shares his thoughts about better patient engagement, outcomes, and patient experience. Plus - Is the patient portal a healthcare babysitter? It's all here and now. And for more patient safety tips and tools - visit http://www.speakupandstayalive.com [http://www.speakupandstayalive.com] This show is broadcast on Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) [http://www.talk4radio.com/)] on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/) [http://www.talk4media.com/)].

Patient safety conversation with the 'Father of the Patient Safety Movement" Dr. Lucian Leape. Dr. Leape answers some of your questions plus a bonus segment about the importance of communication within a healthcare setting. For more patient safety tips and tools - get a copy of the book - Speak Up and Stay Alive, the patient advocate hospital survival guide - on the recommended reading list of the US Army. Visit http://www.speakupandstayalive.com [http://www.speakupandstayalive.com] This show is broadcast on Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) [http://www.talk4radio.com/)] on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/) [http://www.talk4media.com/)].

Many products we use daily consist of materials sourced from the Congo that may have been mined by children. Many smartphone components are made in part from tin, tungsten and tantalum and are mined in the Congo, where a brutal civil war has claimed more than five million lives. Are your buying choices contributing to the destruction of lives? Not familiar with Conflict Minerals? Tune in! For more visit http://www.speakupandstayalive.com [http://www.speakupandstayalive.com] This show is broadcast on Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) [http://www.talk4radio.com/)] on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/) [http://www.talk4media.com/)].

Ladies - if you want to stay healthy, happy and sane - stay away from the 6 types of men who might mess with your sanity. And guys - tune in to find out if you happen to be one of these types. Relationships are one of the key factors in predicting health - so picking a partner is crucial. . Colin Tate, the “The Relationship Lifeguard” joins Pat in this tell-all episode. For more visit http://www.speakupandstayalive.com [http://www.speakupandstayalive.com] This show is broadcast on Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) [http://www.talk4radio.com/)] on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/) [http://www.talk4media.com/)].