Heighten protection for your caregivers by reviewing the evidence of measles immunity for all facility personnel and going over measles protocols and procedures with staff.
Include your water management team in construction and renovation projects to ensure checks are done for waterborne infections before patients and staff move in.
After a CMS survey last summer resulted in a finding of Immediate Jeopardy, University of Minnesota Health (M Health) was able to quickly develop and implement a new system to bolster its response to patient harm incidents.
Consider getting an accrediting organization to review and certify your hospital’s drug compounding practices as scrutiny ratchets up on medication management of both sterile and hazardous drugs.