Work with linen provider to manage availability, cut down on hoarding

April 28, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Watch out for clean linen hoarding in your patient care units by busy staff who don’t have time to track down items as they turn over rooms.Read More »

CDC: Watch for six new symptoms of COVID-19

April 27, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 18
Infection Control

The CDC says that like the original three symptoms, the six new ones take two to 14 days to appear after exposure. Read More »

FDA says 4 million N95 masks could be reused thanks to emergency order

April 21, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 17
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Workplace safety

The FDA has issued two emergency use authorization (EUA) for sterilizing and reprocessing N95 masks, once in...Read More »

Telemedicine playing front line role in COVID-19 outbreak

April 21, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Some health systems are offering virtual screening for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.

After reaching epidemic proportions in Wuhan, China...Read More »

CMS: Some Medicare quality data reporting extended

April 21, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

In response to the new coronavirus (COVID-19), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...Read More »

Track COVID-19 rates to signal when to resume non-emergent care

April 21, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 17
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

While some hospitals are just approaching their peak of treating COVID-19 patients, others are already looking toward the time facilities can...Read More »

Will it go ’round in circles? A couple more pieces of the COVID-19 pie

April 21, 2020
Mac's Safety Space - Volume 14 Issue 4
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, ...Read More »

Study: contaminated reusable bronchoscopes could cause secondary infections in COVID-19 patients

April 20, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 17
Infection Control, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Contaminated bronchoscopes could cause infections among patients and healthcare staff, according to a study ...Read More »

A quarter of rural hospitals at 'high risk' of closure, COVID-19 likely to make it worse

April 14, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 16
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

More than 350 rural hospitals, accounting for $8.3 billion in total patient revenue, are at risk, according to a new analysis.Read More »

Online tool helps hospitals place staff in appropriate roles during COVID-19 pandemic

April 14, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 16
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Workplace safety, Infection Control

To meet the critical need for nurses during the COVID-19...Read More »

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