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Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
18
Issue
7

CDC updates SSI guideline for the first time in 18 years

December 31, 2025
Climate Change, Cybersecurity & Technology, Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Health Equity, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control, Quality & Errors
In May 2017, the CDC released its new guideline for surgical site infection (SSI) prevention, the first such update since the turn of the century. Between 2006 and 2009, roughly 1.9% of surgical pr...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality
- Volume
28
Issue
7

Holding hospitals for ransom; The WannaCry virus and the lack of cybersecurity in hospitals

December 31, 2025
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors
Over the course of one weekend in May, more than 300,000 computers in 150 countries were held hostage by a ransomware virus called “WannaCry.” The virus locked down computer systems and forced hospita...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality
- Volume
28
Issue
7

Q&A: Changes to Joint Commission maintenance standards and AEMs

December 31, 2025
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities
Editor’s note: The following is an edited Q&A from the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation’s (AAMI) webinar, “Clarifying the Changes to Joint Commission and CMS Standards.” ...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality
- Volume
28
Issue
6

Joint Commission EC and LS chapter revisions in the works for 2018

December 31, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation
After a year of anticipation, Joint Commission surveyors finally started checking for compliance with the 2012 Life Safety Code® (LSC) and Health Care Facilities Code. The changes apply to the accredi...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality
- Volume
28
Issue
6

SAFER in practice; Thoughts on Joint Commission's new scoring matrix

December 31, 2025
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Quality & Errors
There's been much ado about The Joint Commission's new scoring system, the Survey Analysis for Evaluating Risk (SAFER) matrix. The matrix is a 3 x 3 grid with the Y-axis ranking the likelihood of a pr...

2017 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards

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Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
18
Issue
2

Looking at the biggest problems with PPE

December 31, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety
The failure of workers to comply with PPE guidance is a perennial issue in healthcare. While PPE protects workers from infection and harm, it also plays a key role in patient safety: It keeps employee...
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Lab Safety: Short- and Long-Term Solutions for Preventing Injuries

December 31, 2025
Environment and Facilities
Presented on: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 1:00-2:30 p.m. Eastern Level of Program: Intermediate Speaker: Dan Scungio, MT (ASCP), SLS, CQA (ASQ), has more than 25 years of experience as a certified medica...

Medication Reconciliation: Practical Strategies and Tools for Compliance

Tue, 11/01/2016 - 01:00 - - Accreditation & Survey Preparation
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Featured webcast: PPE in Healthcare: How to Improve Culture, Consistency and Compliance

December 31, 2025
Environment and Facilities
Join expert speakers Kevin Bussiere, RN-CIC and Marjorie Quint-Bouzid, MPA, RN, NEA-BC, for a special live program, “PPE in Healthcare: How to Improve Culture, Consistency and Compliance,&rdqu...

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