ACC 101 Hot Topics

Staff should start each shift by reviewing emergency department rooms designated for treatment of behavioral health patients to remove any items patients could use in a suicide attempt.

Screening tool for adult patients.

This document survey as an audit tool to demonstrate compliance with restraint/seclusion requirements with both CMS and AOs.

Use this 13-step list to evaluate your current restraint/seculsion policies.

This article is about The Joint Commission’s stricter stance on hand hygiene. However, it also comes with tips on hand hygiene compliance and a case study that apply to all facilities

A simple checklist running through whether infection control precautions have been completed in a room.

CMS surveyors use this worksheet to assess organization’s compliance with Infection Control CoPs. Use it yourself to test your readiness.

A poster from Dartmouth-Hitchcock on recognizing sepsis.

A non-comprehensive list of safety precautions to take before, during, and after surgery by the WHO.

Sometimes surgeons will perform part of a surgery and leave partway through to work on another patient. If this practice is done at your facility, use this checklist.