The Joint Commission unveiled new and revised workplace violence prevention requirements effective January 1, 2022. Specifically, it issued three new elements of performance (EP) for existing standards and revised two other EPs.
“My message to healthcare security leaders is to read the...
Short of terminating a physician’s employment, appraising a physician’s performance is often the responsibility that administrative and medical staff leaders hate most.
If a patient presents with a fever and vesicular/pustular rash, hospitals and other healthcare providers should be prepared to take a combination of standard, airborne, and droplet infection control precaution in case it is monkeypox, according to the CDC.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a great many things for healthcare, but it may have a particularly lasting impact on infection prevention programs. As the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology commented in a statement, “The pandemic has highlighted the need to strengthen infection prevention and...
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance - Volume 25, Issue 5
Lance Woolf, MBA, CHSP, former life safety surveyor for The Joint Commission, knows what’s top of mind for those charged with healthcare facilities management. Woolf currently is the director of life safety compliance at facilities compliance solutions provider Soleran, located...
