Fill in the blank: MDRO stands for ____________....

A nurse leader advocates for "positive deviance" in nursing—bending or tweaking rules or guidelines in the interest of positively affecting patient care, even though there is no outco...

The CDC states that millions of people each year acquire infections while being treated in a healthcare facility. What is one of the most important ways you can personally help prevent the spread of...

Q: Where should I focus my data management system tracer? ...

Q: Do you have any recommendations for how to prepare staff for system tracers and interviews? ...

Hospitals should continue to conduct routine risk assessments to determine how well their infection control strategies are working before rushing to adopt a highly touted and possibly costly new pro...

In a recent article by AHAP advisor Elizabeth Geffers, she takes a look at what the regulatory agency has to say about the various accrediting organizations and the work they did last year. Elizabet...

Join us for the 7th Annual Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP) Conference on June 6-7 in Las Vegas! Previous attendees can attest – The AHAP conference provides inval...

The Joint Commission has put forth a proposed National Patient Safety Goal for 2014 addressing alarm management in hospitals and critical access hospitals. According to the official announcement, th...

Time for a little update from the field during survey year 2013. If there’s one topic (or topical set, if you will) that’s causing much angst in the survey world, it’s the focus be...