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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Newest PHE renewal marks entry into third year of pandemic

January 14, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

For the eighth time since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national public health emergency (PHE), the secretary of Health and Human Services has extended the declaration for another 90 days, effe...

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High court backs CMS’ vaccine mandate, but not OSHA’s

January 13, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Look for CMS and accrediting organizations to start fully enforcing the agency’s recent interim rule requiring all staff at hospitals and other healthcare facilities to be fully vaccinated against COV...

Medical Environment Update

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Opening a safety can of worms

February 16, 2026

Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

In the 1964 classic movie Mothra versus Godzilla (released in the U.S. as Godzilla vs. the Thing), a giant egg is washed ashore in Japan after a hurricane. Godzilla finds the egg and tries to break it...

Medical Environment Update

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OSHA extends public comment on COVID-19 vaccine rule

February 16, 2026

Infection Control, Workplace safety

Didn’t have time to gather your thoughts yet on OSHA’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring vaccination and testing for employers with 100 or more employees? You can still offer up your two ce...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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What’s up in 2022? New standards, recurring problems, and playing catchup

February 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In the upcoming year, surveys will include new standards, revised requirements, modified processes and procedures, and a continued focus on infection control and fire safety. However, none of that pro...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Federal rules on vaccinations supersede state or local orders

February 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

In case you missed it, here’s a compilation of breaking news from the Accreditation & Quality Compliance Center since Healthcare Safety Leader was last published. by A.J. Plunkett (aplunkett@decisi...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Answer to last issue’s hospital safety forensics photo question

February 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters

In the last Healthcare Safety Leader, we noted the caustic chemicals found in the basement of a hospital by Ernest E. Allen, ARM, CSP, CPHRM, CHFM, a former life safety surveyor and now Life Safety co...

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How many times a year should we train on oxygen transportation?

February 16, 2026

Fire & Life Safety, Quality & Errors

Q: We just had a CMS validation survey and received a finding under K-tag K-926 for not having good enough documentation of training on oxygen transportation. How many times a year do we have to give ...

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CMS says it will enforce staff vaccine mandate where it can

December 30, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By January 27, hospitals in half of the nation’s states must ensure that all staff have at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine or have a qualified exemption, or face termination from the Medicare a...

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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, January 2022

February 16, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

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Newest PHE renewal marks entry into third year of pandemic

High court backs CMS’ vaccine mandate, but not OSHA’s

Opening a safety can of worms

OSHA extends public comment on COVID-19 vaccine rule

What’s up in 2022? New standards, recurring problems, and playing catchup

Federal rules on vaccinations supersede state or local orders

Answer to last issue’s hospital safety forensics photo question

How many times a year should we train on oxygen transportation?

CMS says it will enforce staff vaccine mandate where it can

Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, January 2022

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OSHA Dental Facilities Update - November 2023

OSHA Medical Facilities Update - November 2023

Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

Tab 2, Dental Facility OSHA Manual- August 2023

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