COVID-19: Non-profit group partners with biotech consortium to crowd-source PPE solutions

March 23, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 13
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control, Workplace safety

Healthcare Ready, a nonprofit that works to strengthen public-and private-sector healthcare supply...Read More »

What a short, strange trip it’s been…

March 18, 2020
Mac's Safety Space - Volume 14 Issue 3
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

I think we can...Read More »

COVID-19: OSHA relaxes respirator fit-testing enforcement under certain circumstances

March 17, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control, Workplace safety

In further recognition of the short supply of protective N95 respirators for healthcare workers treating suspected or confirmed patients with...Read More »

See when states will face hospital bed capacity shortages during the COVID-19 outbreak

March 17, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 12
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

The earliest ICU bed shortages are likely to emerge at the end of March, according to a new analysis.Read More »

Breaking news: CMS reminds providers about EMTALA obligations with COVID-19 patients

March 17, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 12
Infection Control, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Cybersecurity & Technology

CMS reminds providers about EMTALA obligations with COVID-19 patients, update nursing home and hospice infection control guidanceRead More »

Logic doesn’t always prevail…a luxury you can’t afford!

March 17, 2020
Mac's Safety Space - Volume 14 Issue 3
Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

By my observations...Read More »

Coronavirus and preparing for the worst

March 16, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 4
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Preparing for a worldwide pandemic, especially when you don’t know how fast it will spread or how serious its consequences will be, is one of the...Read More »

Emerging diseases: Check online resources regularly to stay prepared

March 16, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 4
Infection Control, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Check CMS and CDC online information regularly to keep on top of updated guidance when emerging diseases such as the 2019 novel coronavirus become...Read More »

National emergency declared over COVID-19 coronavirus; 1135 waivers now in play

March 13, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 12
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety

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Use these checklists to stay ahead of promised COVID-19 focus during surveys

March 10, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 11
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Download checklists provided by CMS and the CDC to review your infectious disease preparedness plans as CMS signals again that it expects...Read More »

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