CDC: First Case of Wuhan Coronavirus Confirmed in U.S.

January 28, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 5
Infection Control

The patient is a Washington resident who returned to the U.S. from China on January 15 and sought care at a medical facility in Washington.Read More »

Sepsis Alliance launches institute to improve quality of care for deadly infection

January 14, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 2
Infection Control, Quality & Errors

The Sepsis Institute will offer training for healthcare professionals across the continuum of careRead More »

Q&A: What You Need to Know About CMS’ Antimicrobial Stewardship Rule

January 7, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 2
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

The following is a Q&A with two experts at Chicago-based Lumere, a healthcare think tank focused on helping health systems eliminate...Read More »

BD Launches Fully Sterile Surgical Skin Preparation

January 7, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 2
Infection Control

As our understanding of factors leading to infection has...Read More »

Review your antibiotic stewardship program against latest CoP revisions

January 2, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 2
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Hospital antibiotic stewardship programs will become a Condition of Participation (CoP) requirement as of March 30, 2020.Read More »

CMS updates IC CoP as of March 30

January 2, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 2
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Here is the revised wording of the hospital Condition of Participation (CoP) adding requirements for antibiotic stewardship. Read More »

Asymptomatic Carriers of C. Diff May Be Significant Source of Infection at Hospitals

January 2, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 1
Infection Control, Patient Safety

In the hospital setting, screening for asymptomatic carriers...Read More »

Expect the next decade to focus on coping with new technology and old problems

December 10, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 1
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Leadership & Finance, Fire & Life Safety, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Behavioral & Mental Health, Workplace safety

Healthcare compliance changed quite a bit in the last decade. For one thing, fire safety moved into the current millennium with the adoption of...Read More »

Report: Antibiotic Resistance More Prevalent in Device-Associated Infections

December 3, 2019
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 13 Issue 51
Infection Control

Antimicrobial resistance was found to be higher in medical...Read More »

Drug Diversion by Healthcare Personnel

December 2, 2019
Webinars
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Policies and Procedures

This webinar presented by expert speaker Kimberly New, BSN, JD, will explore current trends in drug diversion by healthcare personnel and will address how facilities can develop a straightforward approach to diversion prevention, detection, and response.

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