Accreditation & Survey Preparation

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.

A checklist of risk factors that could cause a patient fall from the CDC

Run through this list to assess harm after a patient has fallen.

A handoff is when a patient is transferred between caregivers, and the information those caregivers share. This article is on the importance of these handoffs, and includes mnemonics and a one-page printout example on how to improve transfers.

Use this tool to ensure fire drills don’t follow a predictable pattern.

A short quiz on CMS’ emergency preparedness CoPs.

If it’s not documented, it’s not done. This article is on the importance of documentation in passing a survey.