Do you know the likelihood of recognizing a human trafficking victim? One who came to your facility seeking medical care? Sat with you, spoke with you, was treated by you?
Your chances are about 13% that you’ll recognize them.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 29, Issue 9
To keep themselves as closely aligned with CMS as possible, HFAP has updated their Acute Care Manual with new prepublication requirements on removing ligature (hanging) risks in rooms meant for suicidal patients. Several standards have been affected.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 29, Issue 9
Citing “stakeholder concerns,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has once again postponed an update to its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 29, Issue 9
In June, The Joint Commission Quick Safety Issue 42: Identifying Human Traf-ficking Victims was published. Elizabeth Even, MSN, RN, CEN, is the associate director of Clinical Standards Interpretation in the Division of Healthcare Improvement at The Joint Commission. She is...
In patient safety, when hospital accreditors take an interest in something, you should as well. That is why you should be paying extra attention to your dialysis procedures. Each year, 468,000 patients receive dialysis as treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and surveyors have been...
Most employers are required by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and state law to guard against and respond to claims that an employee was sexually harassed by a coworker or manager. However, what employers may not know is they can also be liable for sexual harassment of an employee by non-...
This June, FDA issued an alert reminding healthcare professionals and facility staff of “factors that increase the risk of surgical fires on or near a patient.” The agency also recommended practices to reduce the occurrence of surgical fires, including “the safe use of medical devices and...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 29, Issue 9
One of the fiercest fights in surgery is about ears. Do you cover them while conducting surgery? This simple question has fueled a bitter fight ever since The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) officially recommended that bouffant hats be worn in the OR by all surgical team...
If staff at your healthcare organization have not yet encountered a human trafficking victim, it is “very likely they will,” says Elizabeth Even, MSN, RN, CEN, associate director of Clinical Standards Interpretation in the Division of Healthcare Improvement at The Joint...
