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When you get to the end, you get to start all over again…

April 28, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I know you folks have (more or less) been under a constant bombardment of facts, figures, strategies, etc., relating to COVID-19 and, as every day bri...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CDC: Watch for six new symptoms of COVID-19

February 15, 2026

Infection Control

The CDC says that like the original three symptoms, the six new ones take two to 14 days to appear after exposure. ...

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FDA says 4 million N95 masks could be reused thanks to emergency order

February 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Workplace safety

The FDA has issued two emergency use authorization (EUA) for sterilizing and reprocessing N95 masks, once in March and once in April. The agency says this “has the potential to decontaminate approxima...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Top 10 patient safety concerns for 2020

February 15, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

While all the headlines have been (justifiably) about the 2019 novel coronavirus, healthcare providers must keep in mind that it isn’t the sole danger to patients. Missed diagnoses, maternal health co...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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TJC updates 10 chapters related to burden reduction, discharge planning

February 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures

Remember before the novel coronavirus for 2019? The one that causes COVID-19? In the middle of the deluge of pandemic news, you may have noticed that The Joint Commission (TJC) updated several of i...

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Telemedicine playing front line role in COVID-19 outbreak

February 15, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Some health systems are offering virtual screening for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. After reaching epidemic proportions in Wuhan, China, in December, COVID-19 has spread to 168 countries or ter...

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CMS: Some Medicare quality data reporting extended

February 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

In response to the new coronavirus (COVID-19), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced exceptions and extensions for upcoming measure reporting and data submission deadlines f...

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Track COVID-19 rates to signal when to resume non-emergent care

April 21, 2020

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

While some hospitals are just approaching their peak of treating COVID-19 patients, others are already looking toward the time facilities can start taking in patients—and revenues—for non-emergent pat...

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Will it go ’round in circles? A couple more pieces of the COVID-19 pie

February 15, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As I try to embrace brevity as the soul of wit (which is likely to be as close to Shakespearean as this space is ever likely to venture), I have just ...

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Study: contaminated reusable bronchoscopes could cause secondary infections in COVID-19 patients

February 15, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Contaminated bronchoscopes could cause infections among patients and healthcare staff, according to a study recently published in the journal Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. ...

When you get to the end, you get to start all over again…

CDC: Watch for six new symptoms of COVID-19

FDA says 4 million N95 masks could be reused thanks to emergency order

Top 10 patient safety concerns for 2020

TJC updates 10 chapters related to burden reduction, discharge planning

Telemedicine playing front line role in COVID-19 outbreak

CMS: Some Medicare quality data reporting extended

Track COVID-19 rates to signal when to resume non-emergent care

Will it go ’round in circles? A couple more pieces of the COVID-19 pie

Study: contaminated reusable bronchoscopes could cause secondary infections in COVID-19 patients

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