Use new delays to catch up to more stringent USP requirements

Inside Accreditation & Quality
November 19, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

While the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) announced another round of delays in...Read More »

Kill complexity, save lives

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
November 19, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

“When you start requiring silly things, and we think it’s silly and doesn’t make clinical sense, it’s not sustainable. And a process that’s not...Read More »

What's really driving 30-day readmission declines?

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
November 12, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

A Harvard study offers an alternative explanation for declines in hospital readmissions.Read More »

Arming PCPs to screen and intervene on behavioral health

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
November 5, 2019
Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Research shows many healthcare professionals unprepared for conducting screening and brief interventionsRead More »

OSHA announces two new protocols for respirator fit testing

Inside Accreditation & Quality
October 29, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Policies and Procedures

On September 26, OSHA added two new protocols for ensuring employees’ respirators fit properly. Read More »

Healthcare system cuts patient harm events 75% by targeting 5 factors

Inside Accreditation & Quality
October 29, 2019
Infection Control, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

To reduce patient harm, BJC HealthCare focused on pressure ulcers, adverse drug events, healthcare-associated infections, falls, and venous...Read More »

When is a doctor too old? Finding new roles for aging clinicians

Inside Accreditation & Quality
October 22, 2019
Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

It turns out the doctor doesn’t always know best—at least not when it comes time to hang up the scalpel.Read More »

Avoid RFIs: Remind staff not to eat, drink around infectious materials

Inside Accreditation & Quality
October 14, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

That is one way to avoid an almost certain citation if those hard-at-work staffers or their refreshments are spotted by surveyors.Read More »

Study: most healthcare workers ignore policy, work while ill

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
October 8, 2019
Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

A study published this week found that nearly 90% of long-term care facility staff members who had an acute respiratory illness during five months...Read More »

Inside Accreditation and Quality, October 2019

Inside Accreditation & Quality
October 1, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

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