A new CMS Quality, Safety & Oversight group memo on suicide prevention urges hospitals to go above and beyond to help protect patients from...Read More »
Safety audits are performed in laboratories across the world, but in some of these locations the environment remains very unsafe and performing...Read More »
CMS is worried that hospitals have too much advance notice of when surveyors will be on the premises to audit patient safety practices and...Read More »
So, jumping back a little in time, I want to loop back to the physical environment “problem list” identified in CMS’ most recent assessment of the...Read More »
Get your respiratory protection program up to date and make sure it’s written and enforced, because OSHA inspectors are pressing to put those...Read More »
Keep required documents up to date and ready for surveyors, and have someone within the hospital leadership team available to come in on short...Read More »
