Medical Environment Update
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Volume
33
Issue
7
December 19, 2025
If your lab or clinic hasn’t done so already, it will have to review its supply, storage, and placement of alcohol-based hand rub and sanitizers, says Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, a laboratory safety o...
Healthcare Safety Leader
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Volume
31
Issue
7
July 11, 2023
Last week, we offered a look at more of the top problems CMS told Congress it would be pressing accrediting organizations (AO) to crack down on: For the final top problem, we look at hazardous areas.
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Inside Accreditation & Quality
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Volume
5
Issue
7
July 11, 2023
Consider carefully if your facility wants to add K-9 teams to enhance security, especially if those dogs may be used in patient restraint.
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Mac's Safety Space
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Volume
17
Issue
7
July 10, 2023
As promised last week, I wanted to take a few more moments of your time to look at the physical environment standards changes for folks managing things at critical access hospitals.
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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
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Volume
17
Issue
27
June 30, 2023
CMS ordered all nine accrediting organizations (AO) to quit giving hospitals or other healthcare organizations even a 15-minute warning that surveyors will be onsite, and there will be no more blackou...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
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Volume
24
Issue
7
December 19, 2025
“Folks ended up installing additional dispensers wherever they felt the need—some of which made sense, some of which, not so much—and had as much on hand as they could get ahold of. Lots of folks ende...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
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Volume
17
Issue
27
December 19, 2025
To improve the hospital’s CMS stars ranking, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens set a clear vision and the goal of wanting to be a regional center of excellence, says Chief Medical Officer Amir Jaffer, MD, M...
Healthcare Safety Leader
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Volume
31
Issue
7
July 04, 2023
A look this week at what CMS has targeted with Fire and Smoke Barriers, Essential Electrical Systems, Flammable and Combustible Storage, and Emergency Lighting.
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Inside Accreditation & Quality
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Volume
5
Issue
7
July 04, 2023
Have a plan of action to correct as many deficiencies as possible before the survey team leaves your facility, recommends a compliance manager at a Midwest hospital that was surveyed earlier this spri...