CDC: Focus on Protecting Staff and Supplies as Coronavirus Concerns Grow

February 18, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 8
COVID-19, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety

Concerns in the public may be contributing to a growing...Read More »

CMS to providers: Prep for 2019-nCoV, stay CLIA compliant

February 11, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 7
CMS, COVID-19, Infection Control

Are you ready for newest of the emerging diseases? CMS is watchingRead More »

Novel Coronavirus: What Clinicians Should Know

February 11, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 7
COVID-19, Infection Control

Clinical insights about...Read More »

ECRI: 2020 health tech hazards

February 11, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 3
Infection Control, Medical Error Prevention, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

In its annual publication of the top 10 health technology hazards facing healthcare, the ECRI Institute lists the top five to be aware of in 2020...Read More »

Soap vs. superbugs

February 11, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 3
Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

Bathe patients with chlorhexidine soap to stop drug-resistant infectionsRead More »

Cardinal Health begins recall of contaminated surgical gowns

February 4, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 6
Infection Control, Patient Safety

By John Commins

Cardinal Health this week said it has launched "two voluntary field actions" for Cardinal Health Presource® ...Read More »

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 »

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