The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)-a longtime accrediting body for ambulatory facilities-has announced that it will enter the hospital accreditation space with its new hospital systems program.
High-touch surface areas remain a constant concern for infection preventionists (IP). Regular and terminal cleaning can only be done so many times a day, and surfaces like bed rails, doorknobs, and call buttons are constantly harboring infectious organisms.
True or False: A verbal order entered into the patient record should be both dated and times (if your hospital is using The Joint Commission for deemed status purpose).
The Joint Commission announced this week that it has been granted deeming authority for the accreditation of clinical labs under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). This status will be in effect for the next six years, through May of 2018. The Joint Commission has...
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True or False: Prepackaging, such as unit doses for Coumadin and premixed bags of heparin, has reduced the need to educate patients on the risks of food-drug interactions.
