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Survey readiness: Double check hand sanitizer policies and placement post-COVID

August 15, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Laboratory Safety, Fire & Life Safety

Before your next survey, remember to double check your hand sanitizer policies and placement for post-COVID requirements. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Surveyors told to look beyond the ligature point to evaluate patient risk for self-harm

August 15, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

A new CMS Quality, Safety & Oversight group memo on suicide prevention urges hospitals to go above and beyond to help protect patients from themselves. Accrediting organizations like ACHC and TJC ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac’s Safety Space: ASHE 2023 – San Antonio rose to the occasion

August 14, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Physical environment

Some thoughts and lessons learned from the 2023 ASHE Conference, held in San Antonio, Texas. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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UPDATE: USP creates resource to help hospitals assess Pfizer drug shortages while company sets emergency order limits

August 07, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Quality & Errors

Pfizer is asking customers to exhaust other supply sources before ordering 12 sterile injectable drugs from the company as it continues to assess its ability to produce the drugs following a tornado t...

Medical Environment Update

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Lab Safety Man: The big three safety audit blunders to avoid

December 14, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Safety audits are performed in laboratories across the world, but in some of these locations the environment remains very unsafe and performing audits hasn’t made any difference. Mistakes can be made ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Addressing moral injury in healthcare (Q&A, Part 2)

December 14, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Healthcare Staff, Workplace safety

The following is part two of our interview with Maya Bizri, MD, MPH, a psychiatrist and consultation-liaison psychiatrist looking for solutions to provide support for healthcare providers working in l...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CDC recommends RSV immunization for infants to address leading cause of infant hospitalization

December 14, 2025

Infection Control, Patient Safety

The treatment reduces the risk of infant hospitalizations and infant healthcare visits for RSV by 80%, according to the CDC. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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ONC: Hospitals need to put SDOH data to use

December 14, 2025

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Health Equity

More than 80% of hospitals recently surveyed by the American Hospital Association are collecting data on social determinants of health (SDOH), many through their EHR platform and health information ex...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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When proven solutions don’t work: Preventing infection from unexpected sources happens with clear communication

December 14, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Healthcare facilities have made huge strides in improving infection prevention and control, yet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that, on any given day, one in 31 hospital patients...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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CMS stresses unannounced surveys, wants complaints investigated on-site

August 08, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CMS is worried that hospitals have too much advance notice of when surveyors will be on the premises to audit patient safety practices and identify problems, including those found while investigating ...

Survey readiness: Double check hand sanitizer policies and placement post-COVID

Surveyors told to look beyond the ligature point to evaluate patient risk for self-harm

Mac’s Safety Space: ASHE 2023 – San Antonio rose to the occasion

UPDATE: USP creates resource to help hospitals assess Pfizer drug shortages while company sets emergency order limits

Lab Safety Man: The big three safety audit blunders to avoid

Addressing moral injury in healthcare (Q&A, Part 2)

CDC recommends RSV immunization for infants to address leading cause of infant hospitalization

ONC: Hospitals need to put SDOH data to use

When proven solutions don’t work: Preventing infection from unexpected sources happens with clear communication

CMS stresses unannounced surveys, wants complaints investigated on-site

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