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Yes, you must open doors to unvaccinated surveyors

March 30, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Ready or not, yes, you must let surveyors on site at your hospital or other facilities even if they haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 yet. ...

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Some tips and thoughts on reengaging with normal operations

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

As anyone in emergency planning knows, part of being prepared is having an emergency recovery plan, one that lets you also go about the business of caring for patients. The COVID-19 public health e...

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, April 2021

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter Not a subscriber yet? Sign up for a Basic of Platinum membership to gain access to all Patient Safety Monitor Journal and Inside Accreditati...

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Improving antimicrobial stewardship: AAAHC publishes new toolkit

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

To help combat drug-resistant bacteria, the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) has published a new toolkit for improving antimicrobial stewardship. The toolkit, which also ad...

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Start getting staff back into survey shape with this quick quiz

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Fire & Life Safety

Your staff has been dealing with the COVID-19 crisis at work and at home for more than a year. Help them to get back into a survey readiness mindset with this quick quiz. Hospitals have found that sim...

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Full speed ahead: CMS resumes most surveys

March 26, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CMS surveyors could be on your doorstep tomorrow if you have faced a complaint in the last two months that has yet to be investigated. ...

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You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder…

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant And so with the onset of Spring, our friends in Chicago are laying out some more fun stuff to deal with over the next 12-18 months. In looking at the ...

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Review patient falls, especially those involving infants, as surveys resume

March 26, 2021

Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Joint Commission releases its 2020 sentinel event report: patient falls, unintentional retention of foreign objects, suicides, delays in treatment, and wrong surgery are once again the top patient...

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More and more hospital surveys may be on-site, depending on conditions

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Be aware: As COVID-19 cases go down, your odds for an on-site reaccreditation survey might go up. CMS is continuing to limit its on-site hospital surveys, except those involving complaints of immed...

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TJC to begin unannounced survey visits again

March 10, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Joint Commission says it will start unannounced surveys again, as of March 15. ...

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Yes, you must open doors to unvaccinated surveyors

Some tips and thoughts on reengaging with normal operations

Inside Accreditation and Quality, April 2021

Improving antimicrobial stewardship: AAAHC publishes new toolkit

Start getting staff back into survey shape with this quick quiz

Full speed ahead: CMS resumes most surveys

You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder…

Review patient falls, especially those involving infants, as surveys resume

More and more hospital surveys may be on-site, depending on conditions

TJC to begin unannounced survey visits again

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