CMS tells surveyors to double check for Legionella contamination

August 1, 2017
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28 Issue 8
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

On June 2, CMS issued...Read More »

Q&A: How to respond to the WHO's top 12 superbugs list

July 25, 2017
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 18 Issue 5
Infection Control, Patient Safety

Editor’s note: In February, The World Health Organization (WHO) published its first list of a dozen families of antibiotic-...Read More »

Keeping fungi at bay

July 25, 2017
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 18 Issue 6
Infection Control, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

In March, ...Read More »

CDC updates SSI guideline for the first time in 18 years

July 14, 2017
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 18 Issue 7
Infection Control, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In May 2017, the CDC released its new guideline for surgical site infection (SSI) prevention, the first such update since the turn of the century...Read More »

2017 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards

May 9, 2017
Tools
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Q&A: The importance of oral care

April 1, 2017
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28 Issue 4
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Patient Safety

In January, Trina Crow, RN, MJ, associate project director at The Joint Commission, wrote in a blog post that long-term care...Read More »

Joint Commission focuses on CAUTI compliance

January 16, 2017
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28 Issue 1
Infection Control

In June, The Joint Commission made several changes to its catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG...Read More »

Breaking down the new HAI reduction goals and how to achieve them

January 10, 2017
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28 Issue 1
Infection Control

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced ambitious new targets for reducing healthcare-acquired infections (HAI) by...Read More »

As the threat of sepsis intensifies, experts push for a faster response

December 6, 2016
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 17 Issue 12
Infection Control

A deadly infection that has lingered throughout healthcare for the last several decades is finding a foothold at the national level thanks to...Read More »

PPE in Healthcare: How to Improve Culture, Consistency, and Compliance

October 26, 2016
Webinars
Infection Control, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

After the October 2014 outbreak of Ebola in the U.S. led to several life-threatening cases in U.S. hospitals, it became apparent that many healthcare workers don't follow proper PPE protocol.

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