FDA bans certain respirators from being decontaminated, reused

June 9, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 24
Accreditation, COVID-19, Infection Control, PPE, Staff safety

Chinese-made N95 masks and respirators with exhalation tubes among banned types.Read More »

TJC, other AOs to change survey focus in wake of pandemic

June 9, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 7
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, HFAP, Joint Commission, Survey Coordinator Training, Survey Preparation

As regular survey activities slowly resume, expect The Joint Commission (TJC) and other accrediting organizations (AO) to follow CMS in focusing...Read More »

Physician Advocate: Coronavirus Pandemic Shows Need to Ease Regulatory Burdens

June 2, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 23
Accreditation, Policies and Procedures, Telehealth

Healthcare is one of the most highly regulated sectors in...Read More »

Inside Accreditation and Quality, June 2020

June 1, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 6
Accreditation, COVID-19, Patient Safety

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter Read More »

AOs ramping up for accreditation surveys

May 19, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 21
Accreditation, COVID-19, HFAP, Joint Commission, Survey Preparation, Tracers

Get ready—The Joint Commission (TJC), DNV-GL Healthcare and HFAP have announced they are going start doing limited surveys in June. Meanwhile, the...Read More »

Use CMS, CDC checklists to stay ahead of COVID-19 focus during surveys

May 12, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 6
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Infection Control, Survey Coordinator Training, Survey Preparation, Tracers

Download checklists provided by CMS and the CDC to review your infectious disease preparedness plans as the COVID-19 emergency continues to ebb...Read More »

Waivers do NOT mean HIPAA, CoP, EMTALA regulations not in effect

May 12, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 6
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Emergency Management, Survey Preparation

Beware the myths and misperceptions going around about the blanket waivers and relaxed enforcement of some regulations issued by CMS to facilitate...Read More »

Inside Accreditation and Quality, May 2020

May 4, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, PPE, Survey Preparation

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter Read More »

Hospital had several chances to avoid deficiencies

April 28, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
Accreditation, CMS, Survey Coordinator Training, Survey Preparation

Leadership attention, policy revisions keys to recoveryRead More »

FDA says 4 million N95 masks could be reused thanks to emergency order

April 21, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 17
Accreditation, COVID-19, Infection Control, PPE, Staff safety

The FDA has issued two emergency use authorization (EUA) for sterilizing and reprocessing N95 masks, once in...Read More »

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