Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Report: Healthcare worker flu vaccination rate is still lacking

September 23, 2014
Infection Control

Flu vaccinations for healthcare workers are lacking, according to a new report published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

President signs executive order to fight antibiotic resistance

September 23, 2014
Patient Safety

President Barack Obama last week announced a national strategy to prevent the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Staff Challenge: Provision of Care

September 16, 2014
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Fill in the blank: When a patient is both in restraints AND secluded, the patient must be ______________ by ________________.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Study: Majority of U.S. hospitals overuse antibiotics

September 16, 2014
Infection Control

A study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Premier Safety Institute found that 78% of hospitals prescribe antibiotics in an inappropriate or redundant manner.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Joint Commission to add new patient safety chapter to manual

September 16, 2014
Patient Safety

The Joint Commission is adding a new patient safety-focused chapter to its accreditation manual and has redesigned the chapter on sentinel events.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Webcast examines financial benefits of quality and patient safety

September 9, 2014
Patient Safety

Upcoming HCPro webcast will describe how to build patient safety and quality programs that measure and improve clinical and financial outcomes.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Staff Challenge: Environment of Care and Life Safety

September 9, 2014
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Fire drills are required “one per shift, per quarter” in buildings designated as healthcare occupancy, for example, an inpatient care unit. What Life Safety Code® designation requires drills “once per quarter”?

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

CMS to resume releasing hospital-acquired conditions data

September 9, 2014
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

After it stopped public reporting data on hospital-acquired conditions, the CMS now plans to resume releasing the data on its website.

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Safety issues continue to dominate top-cited standards list

September 9, 2014
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Eight of The Joint Commission’s top 10 standards compliance issues for the first half of 2014 are safety-related.

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Staff Challenge: Environment of Care and Life Safety

September 2, 2014
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The e-SOC is comprised of two basic sections. Name them.

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