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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Study: most healthcare workers ignore policy, work while ill

February 16, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

A study published this week found that nearly 90% of long-term care facility staff members who had an acute respiratory illness during five months of surveillance continued to work while they were ill...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Feds to investigate hospital alleged to have kept vegetative patient alive to game transplant survival rates

February 16, 2026

Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

"I'm not sure that this is ethical, moral or right," said the transplant director, but it's "for the global good of the future transplant recipients." ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Avoid RFIs: Remind staff not to eat, drink around infectious materials

October 15, 2019

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

That is one way to avoid an almost certain citation if those hard-at-work staffers or their refreshments are spotted by surveyors. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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OSHA, TJC say where staff eat and drink is up to the employer

October 15, 2019

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Banning all food and drink at nurse or other workstations is sometimes seen as an all-or-nothing issue—one that can pit staff against supervisors, and surveyors against compliance officers who see bot...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Q&A: Zero harm study

October 15, 2019

Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Anne Marie Benedicto, MPP, MPH, vice president of The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare, speaks about the Center’s first-ever broad-based study on zero harm and what they’ve learned ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Top 10 Medical Technology Hazards for 2020 Announced

February 16, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Surgical staplers are the top medical technology hazard for 2020, according to the ECRI Institute. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CDC urges pregnant women to get vaccinated

February 16, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety

Most mothers-to-be have not received vaccinations for both the flu or whooping cough according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) Tuesday afternoon. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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When is a doctor too old? Finding new roles for aging clinicians

February 16, 2026

Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

It turns out the doctor doesn’t always know best—at least not when it comes time to hang up the scalpel. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Hand hygiene compliance insights from the University of Tennessee Medical Center

February 16, 2026

Infection Control, Quality & Errors

To reach compliance goals of 90% or higher, systems need to measure 100% of all hand hygiene events. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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High-risk patients have lower mortality rates at major teaching hospitals

February 16, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

The 30-day mortality rate for these high-risk patients was 15.9% at major teaching hospitals, compared with 18.2% at non-teaching hospitals. ...

Study: most healthcare workers ignore policy, work while ill

Feds to investigate hospital alleged to have kept vegetative patient alive to game transplant survival rates

Avoid RFIs: Remind staff not to eat, drink around infectious materials

OSHA, TJC say where staff eat and drink is up to the employer

Q&A: Zero harm study

Top 10 Medical Technology Hazards for 2020 Announced

CDC urges pregnant women to get vaccinated

When is a doctor too old? Finding new roles for aging clinicians

Hand hygiene compliance insights from the University of Tennessee Medical Center

High-risk patients have lower mortality rates at major teaching hospitals

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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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