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Post-pandemic: Be prepared to explain how you’re going to catch up

February 14, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Be prepared to explain to surveyors how you will catch up with any inspection, testing, and maintenance (ITM) of non-critical systems that had been delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Upda...

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DNV GL now second deeming authority for psychiatric hospitals

February 14, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

It’s not easy being an accrediting organization (AO) these days. DNV GL Healthcare has been in the business of deeming U.S. acute care and critical access hospitals for approval to bill Medicare for m...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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United States faring poorly in coronavirus deaths

February 14, 2026

Infection Control

U.S. coronavirus deaths are likely understated, and the United States has relatively high COVID-19 mortality compared to 18 similar countries, a pair of recent studies published by the Journal of the ...

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Mortality data supports placing seriously ill coronavirus patients on ECMO

February 14, 2026

Patient Safety, Infection Control

Seriously ill coronavirus patients placed on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation life support have a similar mortality rate as other patients placed on ECMO with acute respiratory distress syndrome (A...

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The Joint Commission: The optimal and safe use of telemedicine

February 14, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Cybersecurity & Technology

On October 7, The Joint Commission (TJC) released a new Quick Safety alert on telemedicine and telehealth care. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the number of Americans participating in at least one...

Mac's Safety Space

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The Fountains of Youth and Water Management Programs

October 19, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As a follow to last week’s item about water management programs, I know a lot of folks are not using their drinking fountains (or as we know them in t...

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Coronavirus can be spread through airborne transmission

February 14, 2026

Infection Control

Coronavirus droplets and particles “can linger in the air for minutes to hours,” said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in their updated COVID-19 guidance on October 5. The infectio...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Q&A: Exits, slips, pipes, and evacuations in the snow

February 14, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

Winter snow, ice, and cold should be a few weeks away—but it’s 2020, so we shouldn’t take anything for granted. Regardless, hospitals and clinics should run through their annual winter checklists now....

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Use HFAP quality review to prepare for survey, future challenges

February 14, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

by A.J. Plunkett (aplunkett@decisionhealth.com) A pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus was predictable. Yet the experience itself was—and still is for many—unanticipated, says Deanna Scatena, BSN...

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IHI rolls out new national action plan for patient safety

February 14, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

With the goal of eliminating preventable medical harm, a new National Action Plan was released in mid-September by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) National Steering Committee for Pat...

Post-pandemic: Be prepared to explain how you’re going to catch up

DNV GL now second deeming authority for psychiatric hospitals

United States faring poorly in coronavirus deaths

Mortality data supports placing seriously ill coronavirus patients on ECMO

The Joint Commission: The optimal and safe use of telemedicine

The Fountains of Youth and Water Management Programs

Coronavirus can be spread through airborne transmission

Q&A: Exits, slips, pipes, and evacuations in the snow

Use HFAP quality review to prepare for survey, future challenges

IHI rolls out new national action plan for patient safety

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