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Surveyors highlighting improper storage of medical supplies

July 05, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Review your hospital’s practices for storing sterile devices and supplies now that three of the four hospital accrediting organizations (AO) have recently cited concerns about improper storage. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CMS updates IC, other survey guidance for long-term care facilities

February 12, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

CMS has updated survey guidance on minimum health and safety standards for long-term care (LTC) facilities, including expectations for infection control and how patients are admitted, transfered and d...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Use updated ICRA tool now to assess infection control on construction projects

June 28, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Infection Control

The updated infection control risk assessment (ICRA) tool for construction, renovation, and operations might be longer, but it is more user-friendly and eliminates some of the guesswork from the old v...

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Use updated ICRA tool now to assess infection control on construction projects

June 28, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Infection Control

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The way you do the things you do…

June 20, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Infection Control

…and perhaps more importantly, the “why” you do the things you do. ...

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Emergency blanket waivers come to halt and other compliance tips

February 12, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Fire & Life Safety, Policies and Procedures, Infection Control

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 7 issued an update to the COVID-19 emergency declaration blanket waivers for specific providers. CMS officials say they will continue t...

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Fast facts about monkeypox

February 12, 2026

Infection Control, Workplace safety

As of this writing, there is a single confirmed and six presumptive cases of monkeypox reported in the U.S. While everyone hopes this is not the start of another pandemic situation—knock on wood—it is...

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Monkeypox: Take standard, airborne and droplet precautions

May 23, 2022

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

If a patient presents with a fever and vesicular/pustular rash, hospitals and other healthcare providers should be prepared to take a combination of standard, airborne, and droplet infection control p...

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Six strategies to strengthen post-COVID infection prevention

February 12, 2026

Infection Control

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a great many things for healthcare, but it may have a particularly lasting impact on infection prevention programs. As the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology comment...

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DNV updates requirements on medical exemptions for COVID-19 vaccine

May 04, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Check any medical exemptions from the COVID-19 vaccination that your facility approved before the CMS requirements for hospitals went into effect to ensure they are compliant, advised DNV Healthcare o...

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Surveyors highlighting improper storage of medical supplies

CMS updates IC, other survey guidance for long-term care facilities

Use updated ICRA tool now to assess infection control on construction projects

Use updated ICRA tool now to assess infection control on construction projects

The way you do the things you do…

Emergency blanket waivers come to halt and other compliance tips

Fast facts about monkeypox

Monkeypox: Take standard, airborne and droplet precautions

Six strategies to strengthen post-COVID infection prevention

DNV updates requirements on medical exemptions for COVID-19 vaccine

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