In healthcare, situational awareness (SA) is defined as the perception of the elements within a volume of time and space, the comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their status in the near future.
FDA recently issued a safety communication on intravascular medical devices (IMD), stating that their hydrophilic and/or hydrophobic coatings may peel off.
A wrongful death lawsuit was filed last month against the makers of a duodenoscope and reprocessor after a patient in a North Carolina was infected and died following an endoscopic procedure.
As CMS works to get its legislative agenda back on track, there are several key issues that The Joint Commission is tracking, including the adoption of a newer edition of the Life Safety Code® (LSC) and the approval of additional funding for antimicrobial stewardship and emergency...
The Joint Commission seeks comments on its proposed of Acute Stroke Ready Hospital (ASRH) performance measures, which are part of the accreditor’s Disease-Specific Care (DSC) Advanced Certification program for ASRHs.
A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) units have a positive impact on both patients and hospitals.
The Joint Commission seeks comments from healthcare facilities about a proposed standard that would require organizations to establish antimicrobial stewardship programs.
As of October 1, hospital-owned off-site emergency departments (ED) are eligible for The Joint Commission’s Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital (ASRH) certification program.
Even when patients are being cared for, the stress of being in hospitalized can put their health in jeopardy. Patients tend to sleep, eat and drink less and experience higher levels of stress than normal while in a hospital, making them more vulnerable to additional medical issues.
Through the third quarter of 2015, the top sentinel events reported to The Joint Commission were wrong-patient/wrong-site/wrong-procedure errors, unintended retention of a foreign body, and suicide.
