Revisiting The Joint Commission’s drug diversion advice, resources amid growing opioid epidemic

December 16, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 1
Joint Commission, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management

10% of healthcare workers in the U.S. are abusing drugs of some sort.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 »

Drug Diversion by Healthcare Personnel

December 2, 2019
Webinars
Accreditation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Policies and Procedures

This webinar presented by expert speaker Kimberly New, BSN, JD, will explore current trends in drug diversion by healthcare personnel and will address how facilities can develop a straightforward approach to diversion prevention, detection, and response.

CDC: Antibiotic-resistant infection problem is worse than originally thought

November 19, 2019
Accreditation Insider - Volume 13 Issue 49
Infection Control, Medication Management, Patient Safety

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and...Read More »

Use new delays to catch up to more stringent USP requirements

November 19, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 12
Environment and Facilities, Medication Management, Policies and Procedures, Survey Preparation

While the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) announced another round of delays in...Read More »

SHEA: More Research Needed on Antibiotic Use

November 5, 2019
Accreditation Insider - Volume 13 Issue 47
Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Patient Safety

For most infections, we don’t know the optimal drug, dose, or treatment duration. For many, we don’t even know if they require antibiotic...Read More »

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, November 2019

November 4, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 11
Infection Control, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement

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

Inside Accreditation and Quality, November 2019

November 4, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 11
Accreditation, CMS, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management

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

Use new delays to catch up to more stringent USP requirements

October 8, 2019
Accreditation Insider - Volume 13 Issue 43
Joint Commission, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management

Check with your state health department or board of pharmacy to see if you must still comply with the requirements under USP chapter <800> ...Read More »

USP delays revised chapters; USP <800> to be “informational” only

October 1, 2019
Accreditation Insider - Volume 13 Issue 42
Accreditation, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, Policies and Procedures

USP announced this week that it would be delaying the implementation of three new and revised chaptersRead More »

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