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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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NQF calls for quality improvement in Emergency Care

February 16, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Quality & Errors

The group’s evidence-based recommendations are designed to provide healthcare organizations with standardized methods of measuring, evaluating, and improving emergency care and patient outcomes. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Mold found in Seattle Hospital ORs leads to one death, 5 infections

February 16, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Seattle Children’s hospital said this week one patient died and five others have been infected by mold that forced the closure of all of the facility’s main operating rooms, according to the Seattle T...

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Have readmissions penalties jumped the shark?

February 16, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Findings have led researchers to suggested that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may no longer be able to squeeze any significant savings from its Hospital Readmissions Reduction Progr...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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AMA: Remove barriers to proper opioid treatment

February 16, 2026

Quality & Errors

The organization says that these barriers, which were put into place in response to the opioid crisis, have hurt many patients receiving medication-assisted treatment (MAT). ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Update policies against AORN’s latest revisions to its surgical attire guideline

February 16, 2026

Infection Control, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Bouffant caps only in the surgical suite? Skull cap? Both? It’s your choice. Just make sure your hospital policy on surgical attire is clear and that it is followed, or you may run afoul of CMS or ...

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New compounding pharmacy certification designed to boost compliance

February 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Consider getting an accrediting organization to review and certify your hospital’s drug compounding practices as scrutiny ratchets up on medication management of both sterile and hazardous drugs. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Touching eyes: Disinfecting ophthalmology devices

February 16, 2026

Infection Control, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

A new Quick Safety advisory from The Joint Commission (TJC) tells providers to do a better job sterilizing medical devices that touch patients’ eyes. ...

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New decision support tool reduces sepsis mortality by 22.9%

February 16, 2026

Infection Control, Quality & Errors

“The SPOT algorithm surveils 24 hours a day, seven days a week to look for the signs and symptoms of sepsis. When those signs are found, they are teed up and presented to the caregivers,” ...

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TJC: Abuse and human trafficking patients

February 16, 2026

Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

TJC posted two blog items this July, one on providing trauma informed care to patients who’ve been abused and the other on identifying human trafficking victims. ...

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HFAP citations review offers key compliance tips on toughest problems

February 16, 2026

Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

HFAP surveyors will be looking for increased follow-through on a hospital’s evaluation and implementation of organizational policies. ...

NQF calls for quality improvement in Emergency Care

Mold found in Seattle Hospital ORs leads to one death, 5 infections

Have readmissions penalties jumped the shark?

AMA: Remove barriers to proper opioid treatment

Update policies against AORN’s latest revisions to its surgical attire guideline

New compounding pharmacy certification designed to boost compliance

Touching eyes: Disinfecting ophthalmology devices

New decision support tool reduces sepsis mortality by 22.9%

TJC: Abuse and human trafficking patients

HFAP citations review offers key compliance tips on toughest problems

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