The Joint Commission (TJC) has several updated antibiotic stewardship elements of performance (EP) that will take effect on January 1, 2023. These...Read More »
CMS wants hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare providers, “especially those delivering care in congregate care settings,” to protect...Read More »
In the last few months, surveyors have been repeatedly tagging the failure to properly clean glucometers, and the use of common household items as...Read More »
On November 28, The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it would start referring to the monkeypox virus as “mpox,” in an attempt to...Read More »
The United States would have averted 266,700 deaths during the Delta and Omicron spikes of the COVID-19 pandemic if the excess all-cause mortality...Read More »
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a lasting impact on healthcare, and its burden on the medical system and healthcare workers (HCW) has led to...Read More »
Remind clinical staff and others about sharps safety now that the CDC has confirmed an emergency department nurse contracted monkeypox in Florida...Read More »
Contaminated hands are a primary vehicle in transmitting germs and viruses, which means hand hygiene remains imperative to protect patients, staff...Read More »
