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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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4 recent research articles examine N95 respirator mask sterilization methods

April 16, 2026

Infection Control, Workplace safety

N95 respirator masks have been in limited suppl since the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and sterilization is a primary strategy to address shortages of this key person...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Patient Safety Monitor Journal, September 2020

April 16, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control

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Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, September 2020

April 16, 2026

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

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Mac's Safety Space

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If you’re the AHJ, it really isn’t an “interpretation,” is it?

August 31, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I’m sure we all have stories about Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) whose “sense” of what is required by code was less operationally friendly tha...

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CMS encourages state agencies to resume surveys

August 18, 2020

CMS is gearing up to resume surveys, starting with closing out cases suspended by the March declaration of a national public health emergency (PHE) because of the 2019 coronavirus pandemic. A nine-pag...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Use of force in healthcare

April 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

As the nation continues to discuss use of force by law enforcement, healthcare organizations must have their own discussions on how force is applied on their grounds. There are no simple solutions for...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Tool: Use agenda template to keep your HICS meetings on track

April 16, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures

Modify this template of an incident command meeting agenda for your organization, to help you keep your hospital incident command system (HICS) planning on track, especially if you are managing multip...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Three things every hospital should be doing now to improve patient safety

April 16, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Improving patient safety has always been a priority for hospitals and health systems, but COVID-19, and the possibility of a second surge in a few weeks or months, is bringing new urgency to these eff...

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Coronavirus: There are Viable Alternatives to New N95 Masks, Research Shows

April 16, 2026

Infection Control, Workplace safety

N95 respirator masks as many as 11 years past their expiration date and used N95 respirator masks treated with ethylene oxide or vaporized hydrogen peroxide maintain their filtration efficiency, new r...

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Game Planning Your Return to Elective Surgeries

April 16, 2026

Policies and Procedures, Infection Control

The recent moratorium on elective surgeries due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been brutal on hospitals, providers, and provider organizations—especially since those surgeries are often the bread and bu...

4 recent research articles examine N95 respirator mask sterilization methods

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, September 2020

Inside Accreditation and Quality, September 2020

If you’re the AHJ, it really isn’t an “interpretation,” is it?

CMS encourages state agencies to resume surveys

Use of force in healthcare

Tool: Use agenda template to keep your HICS meetings on track

Three things every hospital should be doing now to improve patient safety

Coronavirus: There are Viable Alternatives to New N95 Masks, Research Shows

Game Planning Your Return to Elective Surgeries

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