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Inside Accreditation & Quality

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MRSA numbers growing: Review updated SHEA recommendations with leadership to control infections

August 22, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Review the latest recommendations for controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, more commonly known as MRSA, with your infection prevention and control team as well as your medical staf...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Improving behavioral healthcare: Examples of unnecessary rules

February 11, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

“One thing behavioral healthcare can do is get rid of unnecessary rules—rules that have been developed for staff convenience or organizational reasons like cost, rather than for patient comfort and ca...

Medical Environment Update

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Departmental Workplace Violence Assessment (courtesy Bryan Warren)

February 11, 2026

Workplace safety

(Departmental workplace violence risk assessment courtesy of Bryan Warren, president and chief consultant for WarSec Security; for more information on this tool, go here; for a downloadable copy of th...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Joint Commission issues guidelines for dealing with a cyberattack

February 11, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Cybersecurity & Technology, Natural & Manmade Disasters

With healthcare cyberattacks on the rise, the Joint Commission has issued guidance for health system executives on how to react once a data breach has been detected. ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Book excerpt: Fire pump assemblies and visual inspections

August 22, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Your facility may or may not be required to have a fire pump. But if you have one as a life safety feature, the surveyor will perform an inspection. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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New—and sometimes nontraditional—ways to attract and keep nurses

February 11, 2026

Healthcare Staff

As hospitals and health systems continue to seek solutions to workforce staffing—particularly nursing—many are veering away from traditional methods and embracing new ways of attracting and retaining ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Study details COVID-19 misinformation by physicians on social media

February 11, 2026

Infection Control

The new study is based on searches of five high-use social media platforms—Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Parler, and YouTube—as well as two media outlets—The New York Times and National Public Radio. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Small turtles cause salmonella outbreak in 11 states

February 11, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety

The CDC announced that small turtles have been linked to a salmonella outbreak in 11 states that has left some patients hospitalized. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac’s Safety Space: Healthcare access and safe inclusive care environments

August 28, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

As the healthcare industry turns fuller attentions towards the challenges of access, equity, and managing social determinants of health and the disparities arising from those determinants, I wanted to...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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TIps for getting leadership to act on lab safety issues

August 29, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Laboratory Safety

It can be frustrating to see safety issues go unnoticed or unattended, especially after they have been reported. The apparent roadblocks to solutions may be a lack of funds, busy or disinterested lead...

MRSA numbers growing: Review updated SHEA recommendations with leadership to control infections

Improving behavioral healthcare: Examples of unnecessary rules

Departmental Workplace Violence Assessment (courtesy Bryan Warren)

Joint Commission issues guidelines for dealing with a cyberattack

Book excerpt: Fire pump assemblies and visual inspections

New—and sometimes nontraditional—ways to attract and keep nurses

Study details COVID-19 misinformation by physicians on social media

Small turtles cause salmonella outbreak in 11 states

Mac’s Safety Space: Healthcare access and safe inclusive care environments

TIps for getting leadership to act on lab safety issues

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STET CMS & tools

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

Chapter 2: Chapter Format and Tracer Planning