This July we’re going to be running two Accreditation and Quality focus groups. The first 10 people to sign up will recieve a free on-demand webinar from HCPro. You only have to do one of the f...

A study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology found that hospitals may have dodged financial penalties by billing hospital-acquired conditions (HAC) as present at the time of the...

Be prepared for renewed interest in your water management program and especially how it is designed to prevent the spread of Legionella infection. CMS just updated its memo from last year on requirem...

During this 90-minute webinar, expert speaker Terri Rebmann, PhD, RN, CIC, FAPIC, will explain how improper administration of vaccines can result in injuries or prevent the vaccines from providing opt...

The ECRI Institute will step in to provide critical healthcare data that otherwise became unavailable last week when the federal government’s National Guidelines Clearinghouse fell victim to the...

A new survey found that 36% of medical resonance imaging (MRI) providers do not comply with The Joint Commission’s (TJC) standards for diagnostic imaging services, which were released in 2015. ...

Expect CMS surveyors to be referring to recommendations set out by The Joint Commission last fall when looking for ligature risk and other environmental hazards in the push to make hospitals and psyc...

Federal public health officials are urging everyone six months and older to get vaccinated against influenza in the wake of last winter’s severe flu season....

We're working on books for 2019 and like to hear from you. Please take this short survey and let us know what safety topics or updates you'd like us to write about! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QTR...

Expect CMS to continue to put pressure on The Joint Commission and other accrediting organizations to find more of the serious fire safety and infection control issues the federal agency says they are...