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Healthcare Safety Leader

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CMS revises exemptions for annual full-scale exercise—again

July 19, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

For the third time, CMS has revised its June 2021 Quality, Safety & Oversight group memo on exemptions for full-scale exercises of emergency management plans during pandemic operations. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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ICYMI: CMS issues flurry of QSO updates in late May, June

July 19, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CMS issued several Quality, Safety & Oversight Group (QSO) memos in late May and early June, including two updating COVID-19 survey requirements and another updating the State Operations Manual Ap...

Mac's Safety Space

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Everyone’s a risk wrangler

July 18, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health

It seems that every week when I look for topics upon which to pontificate, I periodically try to find things that don’t (necessarily) focus on the whole risk assessment thing and I have come to the in...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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One more time, with feeling: PHE for COVID-19 renewed

July 15, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The COVID-19 public health emergency is extended through October 13. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CMS strengthens guidance on EMTALA and emergency abortions

July 12, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety

CMS is again reminding hospitals of their obligations under federal law to help pregnant women in medical emergencies, but with the added emphasis that care must be offered “irrespective of any state ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CMS updates IC interpretive guidelines for hospitals

July 06, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

CMS issued six new survey tags as well as other updates to its online manual of interpretive guidelines for Conditions of Participation (COP) on infection prevention and control and antibiotic steward...

Mac's Safety Space

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All that’s left is a tiny glimmer…

July 11, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Now that we’ve turned full on into July (I’m parched just thinking about it), The Joint Commission survey process is going to (at least for a time) include a focus on the new (meet the new boss, same ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Monkeypox: CDC updates guidance for medical waste handling

July 08, 2022

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

The CDC has updated its guidance on infection control of monkeypox for healthcare settings, reminding providers that any case suspected of being of the more deadly Congo Basin clade requires more exte...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Next up for emergency preparedness: Crisis of care standards

July 12, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Joint Commission’s newly reorganized and revised Emergency Management standards do not address crisis of care standards now, but the accrediting organization will be considering them in the near f...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Safe practices to reduce CPOE alert fatigue

February 16, 2026

Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology, Healthcare Staff

When you visit a website for the first time and it asks for your cookie preferences, how often do you just click “accept all” to get on with what you’re doing—especially if you’re busy and have a bunc...

CMS revises exemptions for annual full-scale exercise—again

ICYMI: CMS issues flurry of QSO updates in late May, June

Everyone’s a risk wrangler

One more time, with feeling: PHE for COVID-19 renewed

CMS strengthens guidance on EMTALA and emergency abortions

CMS updates IC interpretive guidelines for hospitals

All that’s left is a tiny glimmer…

Monkeypox: CDC updates guidance for medical waste handling

Next up for emergency preparedness: Crisis of care standards

Safe practices to reduce CPOE alert fatigue

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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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