Policies and Procedures

Surface transmission, also known as fomite transmission, remains a concern in the spreading of infectious diseases and viruses in healthcare...Read More »

The Joint Commission’s (TJC) 2026 revisions to the Emergency Management (EM) chapter mark a reshuffling of element numbers and represent a...Read More »

CMS’ new Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) means payment reform and a five-year compliance and documentation stress test.Read More »

Despite decades of effort to standardize patient handoffs, breakdowns in communication during care transitions remain a threat to patient safety...Read More »

Clinical laboratories are once again in the federal crosshairs. According to Barnes & Thornburg, LLP’s 2024 Healthcare Enforcement and...Read More »

Robert “Navy Bob” Roncska, DBA, a retired Navy captain and co-author of the book High Reliability Healthcare, believes...Read More »

Building trust with your lab team to the point where you can leave them alone to do their jobs safely is essential, says Jason P. Nagy,...Read More »

In this guest column, Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, laboratory safety officer for multihospital system Sentara Healthcare in Virginia, and...Read More »

Burnout. Communication breakdowns. Security blind spots. These are daily realities in hospitals, and they can be the difference between a safe...Read More »

We know what works best in our house; as long as we can "frame" that work as a function of compliance, then that should be enough to pass muster...Read More »