Rapidly spreading Wuhan coronavirus could become pandemic soon

February 4, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 6
COVID-19, Emergency Management, Infection Control

By Jay Kumar

As the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak moves into its third week, infectious disease experts believe it’s well on its way to...Read More »

Use past experience with MERS, Ebola to prep for latest coronavirus

January 28, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 5
COVID-19, Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Policies and Procedures

Dig out and update your plan for screening for MERS-CoV, Ebola, measles or any other infectious disease with the latest information on the newly...Read More »

CDC: First Case of Wuhan Coronavirus Confirmed in U.S.

January 28, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 5
COVID-19, Infection Control

The patient is a Washington resident who returned to the U.S. from China on January 15 and sought care at a medical facility in Washington.Read More »

Sepsis Alliance launches institute to improve quality of care for deadly infection

January 14, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 2
Infection Control, Medication Management, Quality Improvement

The Sepsis Institute will offer training for healthcare professionals across the continuum of careRead More »

Q&A: What You Need to Know About CMS’ Antimicrobial Stewardship Rule

January 7, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 2
Accreditation, CMS, Infection Control, Medication Management

The following is a Q&A with two experts at Chicago-based Lumere, a healthcare think tank focused on helping health systems eliminate...Read More »

BD Launches Fully Sterile Surgical Skin Preparation

January 7, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 2
Infection Control

As our understanding of factors leading to infection has...Read More »

Review your antibiotic stewardship program against latest CoP revisions

January 2, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 2
Accreditation, CMS, Infection Control, Medication Management

Hospital antibiotic stewardship programs will become a Condition of Participation (CoP) requirement as of March 30, 2020.Read More »

CMS updates IC CoP as of March 30

January 2, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 2
Accreditation, CMS, Infection Control, Medication Management

Here is the revised wording of the hospital Condition of Participation (CoP) adding requirements for antibiotic stewardship. Read More »

Asymptomatic Carriers of C. Diff May Be Significant Source of Infection at Hospitals

January 2, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 1
Infection Control, Patient Safety

In the hospital setting, screening for asymptomatic carriers...Read More »

Expect the next decade to focus on coping with new technology and old problems

December 10, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 1
Accreditation, CMS, Data Tracking, Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Healthcare Violence, HFAP, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Leadership, Life Safety, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, National Patient Safety Goals, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement, Sentinel Event Alerts, Suicide Prevention, Survey Coordinator Training, Survey Preparation

Healthcare compliance changed quite a bit in the last decade. For one thing, fire safety moved into the current millennium with the adoption of...Read More »

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