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Sentinel events for 2020 pandemic year drop slightly

August 13, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The number of sentinel events reviewed by The Joint Commission (TJC) in the first half of this pandemic-dominated year are well under the pace for last year. But that’s probably not unexpected given t...

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Not every summer illness is COVID-19: Decision support tools can play key role in diagnosis

December 20, 2025

Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Even during “normal times,” summer activities expose Americans to a long list of viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites. Few, if any, are prevented by face masks, hand-washing, and social distancing....

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CMS encourages state agencies to resume surveys

August 18, 2020

CMS is gearing up to resume surveys, starting with closing out cases suspended by the March declaration of a national public health emergency (PHE) because of the 2019 coronavirus pandemic. A nine-pag...

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Game Planning Your Return to Elective Surgeries

December 20, 2025

Policies and Procedures, Infection Control

The recent moratorium on elective surgeries due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been brutal on hospitals, providers, and provider organizations—especially since those surgeries are often the bread and bu...

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Coronavirus: There are Viable Alternatives to New N95 Masks, Research Shows

December 20, 2025

Infection Control, Workplace safety

N95 respirator masks as many as 11 years past their expiration date and used N95 respirator masks treated with ethylene oxide or vaporized hydrogen peroxide maintain their filtration efficiency, new r...

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Three things every hospital should be doing now to improve patient safety

December 20, 2025

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Improving patient safety has always been a priority for hospitals and health systems, but COVID-19, and the possibility of a second surge in a few weeks or months, is bringing new urgency to these eff...

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NSC says COVID-19 may become third leading cause of death in U.S.

December 20, 2025

Patient Safety, Infection Control

In 2018, the most recent year of final fatality data, the third leading cause of death was preventable deaths from drug overdoses, motor vehicle crashes, and falls. The number of deaths from COVID-19 ...

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Been through a disaster? There is help for recovery

August 27, 2020

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities

Your hospital, urgent care center, nursing home, laboratory or other healthcare facility has just survived a hurricane. Or a wildfire. Or a tornado. Or any other disaster. Now you need help with recov...

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HHS makes COVID-19 data reporting a Medicare CoP as of Sept. 2

August 28, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Get a firm handle on your COVID-19 case data now that a new interim final rule requires the information to be reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a Medicare Condition of P...

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4 recent research articles examine N95 respirator mask sterilization methods

December 20, 2025

Infection Control, Workplace safety

N95 respirator masks have been in limited suppl since the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and sterilization is a primary strategy to address shortages of this key person...

Sentinel events for 2020 pandemic year drop slightly

Not every summer illness is COVID-19: Decision support tools can play key role in diagnosis

CMS encourages state agencies to resume surveys

Game Planning Your Return to Elective Surgeries

Coronavirus: There are Viable Alternatives to New N95 Masks, Research Shows

Three things every hospital should be doing now to improve patient safety

NSC says COVID-19 may become third leading cause of death in U.S.

Been through a disaster? There is help for recovery

HHS makes COVID-19 data reporting a Medicare CoP as of Sept. 2

4 recent research articles examine N95 respirator mask sterilization methods

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