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‘Perfect storm’ increased healthcare-associated infections during pandemic

December 21, 2025

Infection Control, Patient Safety

There has been a significant increase in healthcare-associated infections (HAI) during the coronavirus pandemic, a recent research article found. From 2015 to 2019, there were decreases in the prevale...

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More virus, more fraud

December 21, 2025

Workplace safety, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

With the spread of the delta variant of COVID-19, mask and vaccine mandates are coming back, and hospitals are reaching or exceeding capacity in some regions. That may mean higher demand for personal ...

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TJC warns immediate threats to safety ‘spiking’ over single-use devices

September 15, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Check your emergency rooms, outpatient clinics and anywhere else where pandemic-related equipment shortages have forced your facility to go outside normal supply lines for replacement medical devices....

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COVID-19 cost U.S. 9 million years of life expectancy

December 21, 2025

Infection Control

The COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed more than 660,000 lives in the U.S. has also cut aggregate life expectancy here by more than 9 million years, according to a study published Monday in Annals of ...

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How Nurses are Urging the Unvaccinated to Reconsider

December 21, 2025

Infection Control

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has launched Hear Us Out, a nationwide effort to show the COVID-19 pandemic from frontline nurses’ perspective and urge those who have yet to be...

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Nearly 30% of RNs are at risk of leaving their organization, new analysis reveals

December 21, 2025

Workplace safety, Infection Control

The study also revealed several trends, including: New hires who don’t have a connection with their team, managers, or organization are at the greatest risk for turnover. About one in five nurse...

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Nashville General hospital targeting social determinants of health and health equity

December 21, 2025

Health Equity

Social determinants of health such as food security and housing have a greater impact on health outcomes than clinical care. Health equity has become a hot topic in healthcare during the coronavirus p...

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Jonathan Perlin named next president and CEO of The Joint Commission

September 23, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Board of Commissioners at The Joint Commission (TJC) has appointed Jonathan B. Perlin. MD, as the accrediting organization’s next president and CEO, effective March 1, 2022. Perlin currently is...

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Health systems and hospitals grappling with workforce shortages

December 21, 2025

Infection Control

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted workforce shortages at health systems and hospitals across the country. On Sept. 1, the American Nurses Association urged the federal Department of Health &amp...

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Joint Commission issues new workplace violence standards

December 21, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

The Joint Commission, which oversees accreditation of hospitals and other healthcare facilities, issued new and revised workplace violence standards that take effect January 1, 2022. The workplace vio...

‘Perfect storm’ increased healthcare-associated infections during pandemic

More virus, more fraud

TJC warns immediate threats to safety ‘spiking’ over single-use devices

COVID-19 cost U.S. 9 million years of life expectancy

How Nurses are Urging the Unvaccinated to Reconsider

Nearly 30% of RNs are at risk of leaving their organization, new analysis reveals

Nashville General hospital targeting social determinants of health and health equity

Jonathan Perlin named next president and CEO of The Joint Commission

Health systems and hospitals grappling with workforce shortages

Joint Commission issues new workplace violence standards

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