Surveyors from CMS, The Joint Commission, and other healthcare accreditors are trained to seek and find accreditation violations when they tour a hospital or clinic. And once they find those violations, they have no qualms about reporting noncompliance.
This is Part 2 of our interview with Jason P. Nagy, PhD, MLS(ASCP), QLS; Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS; and Sean G. Kaufman on preventing and responding to exposures in the laboratory.
Preparing your hospital for an accreditation survey is stressful, year-round work. Because survey schedules are unannounced, accreditation professionals must always be ready for CMS, The Joint Commission, or other accrediting organizations to show up at their door.
Finding and eliminating infection control (IC) violations is one of the most crucial parts of healthcare, regardless of what organization or department you’re working in. This includes laboratories, where staff are constantly working with things that no one wants spread through the rest of the...
One of the most feared laboratory safety risks is exposure to hazardous materials, be they biological, chemical, or radioactive. Preventing and responding to these events are key to every laboratory safety officer’s job, and knowing what to do can sometimes be the difference between life and...
Kurt Patton, MS, RPh, founder and president emeritus of Patton Healthcare Consulting, knows intimately about some of the misunderstood compliance challenges in hospitals today. He catches up with IAQ to talk about some of them in this first part.
Despite being a high-income country, the United States has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The CDC states that over 80% of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable—a clear indicator that reform is...
Healthcare accreditation and compliance is made of numerous moving parts and requires a great deal from the people who work in it. The role is more than staying updated on all the standards and regulations from CMS, The Joint Commission (TJC), or other authorities having jurisdiction. It also...
A new benchmarking study by COSECURE Enterprise Risk Solutions reveals how healthcare security departments are evolving—and where critical gaps remain.
