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Inside the Joint Commission, October 5, 2015

February 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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FDA issues additional guidelines for reprocessing medical scopes

February 15, 2026

Infection Control

Following a string of infectious outbreaks tied to duodenoscopes earlier this year, the FDA has released additional guidelines for scope reprocessing....

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Patient Safety Monitor Journal, October 2015

February 15, 2026

Patient Safety

At any given moment, the intensity level within the ICU at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston can shift from relatively low to dangerously high. For clinicians, this shift is oft...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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How burnout can affect your healthcare organization

February 15, 2026

Quality & Errors, Healthcare Staff

Burnout drains organizations of their mission and leads to costly and sometimes lethal consequences. Quint Studer, in his new book Healing Physician Burnout, defines burnout as a progressive loss of i...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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Putting together an alarm management plan

February 15, 2026

Policies and Procedures

The topic of alarm hazards has crowned ECRI's top 10 list of health technology hazards for the last four years....

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Antibiotic initiative includes stewardship oversight

February 15, 2026

Patient Safety

Antibiotic resistance has reached a "tipping point," according to a Vital Signs report released in August by the CDC. Internal hospital controls are no longer sufficient to prevent the spr...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Data analytics and systems engineering offer the keys to improved patient care

February 15, 2026

Patient Safety

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Miscommunication during ED handoffs paves the way for patient harm opportunities

February 15, 2026

Patient Safety

Over the last decade, patient handoff procedures have become an integral part of the patient care process, accompanied by a slew of acronyms and standardized procedures meant to improve continuity o...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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Briefings on the Joint Commission, October 2015

February 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

After reading this article, you will be able to:...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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Infection control is an area of increased concern in 2015

February 15, 2026

Infection Control

When The Joint Commission released its list of the five most-cited standards for the first half of 2015, it was not surprising that infection control, specifically IC.02.02.01 (reduction of infectio...

Inside the Joint Commission, October 5, 2015

FDA issues additional guidelines for reprocessing medical scopes

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, October 2015

How burnout can affect your healthcare organization

Putting together an alarm management plan

Antibiotic initiative includes stewardship oversight

Data analytics and systems engineering offer the keys to improved patient care

Miscommunication during ED handoffs paves the way for patient harm opportunities

Briefings on the Joint Commission, October 2015

Infection control is an area of increased concern in 2015

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