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Avoid fire drill citations with new matrix

January 01, 2026
Environment and Facilities
was denied full Joint Commission accreditation, in part due to its handling of fire drills. The Joint Commission has released a new fire drill matrix for facilities to forestall confusion on survey da...
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CMS adopts 2012 Life Safety Code®

January 01, 2026
Environment and Facilities
In a highly-anticipated move expected to significantly affect the regulatory rules that hospitals and other healthcare facilities are held to, CMS has officially adopted the 2012 edition of the Life S...
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ICUs not as clean as they appear

January 01, 2026
Environment and Facilities
A recent study published in The American Journal of Infection Control found that while most areas of ICU are routinely cleaned, clinical workstations are often overlooked....
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality
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FDA issues safety alert on bronchoscope

January 01, 2026
Environment and Facilities
On September 17, the FDA issued a safety alert around infections associated with reprocessed flexible bronchoscopes. Although the level of concern over infection-related illnesses from bronchoscopes...
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