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CMS, HHS busy with updates and changes to impact a variety of providers

August 16, 2022

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CMS officials have been busy this summer updating Conditions of Participation, proposing new CoPs and issuing guidance that impacts a variety of providers. ...

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Need information on workplace safety? TJC offers new compendium of resources

December 21, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

With a nod to OSHA’s Safe + Sound Week, August 15-21, The Joint Commission (TJC) is announcing the creation a Healthcare Workforce Safety and Well-Being website, which offers a variety of resources to...

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Monkeypox officially declared public health emergency

August 04, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

As cases climb, the U.S. declares monkeypox the second public health emergency in less than three years. ...

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New CMS antibiotic stewardship survey tags focus on leadership

August 09, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Find a pharmacist, provider, or infection preventionist (IP) with a good grounding in antibiotic stewardship to tackle the responsibilities and requirements set out in six new hospital survey tags rec...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Check utility controls, labels as surveyors highlight improper storage of medical supplies

August 09, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment, Infection Control

Regularly check the humidity and temperature in storage areas for sterile supplies to ensure you are meeting requirements outlined in NFPA 99-2012 and highlighted in a recent Quick Safety alert from T...

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Pneumonia guidelines updated for 2022

December 21, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

It’s time to review and revamp your pneumonia prevention policies. A collaboration of healthcare organizations has updated their pneumonia prevention and care guidelines for the first time in eight ye...

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When do you stop – time and the art of the risk assessment…

August 01, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities

If one calibrates an instrument, then one is behooved to calibrate the instrument used to calibrate the initial instrument. Then one is behooved to calibrate the instrument used to calibrate the instr...

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Examining The Joint Commission WPV requirements

December 21, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

Lauris Freidenfelds, senior project manager for Telgian Engineering & Consulting, says there are many takeaways from the new and revised standards out of TJC: WPV prevention is an organizat...

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CMS revises methodology for calculating staffing star rating

December 21, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Effective with the July 2022 refresh, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is revising the methodology for calculating the staffing star rating. These measures, which have been po...

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Getting ready for the Life Safety survey: Tips from experts

July 26, 2022

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

Here are some tips from various experts to ensure a successful Life Safety survey. ...

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CMS, HHS busy with updates and changes to impact a variety of providers

Need information on workplace safety? TJC offers new compendium of resources

Monkeypox officially declared public health emergency

New CMS antibiotic stewardship survey tags focus on leadership

Check utility controls, labels as surveyors highlight improper storage of medical supplies

Pneumonia guidelines updated for 2022

When do you stop – time and the art of the risk assessment…

Examining The Joint Commission WPV requirements

CMS revises methodology for calculating staffing star rating

Getting ready for the Life Safety survey: Tips from experts

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