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Nearly 30% of RNs are at risk of leaving their organization, new analysis reveals

December 21, 2025

Workplace safety, Infection Control

The study also revealed several trends, including: New hires who don’t have a connection with their team, managers, or organization are at the greatest risk for turnover. About one in five nurse...

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Preparing to improve infection prevention after COVID-19

December 21, 2025

Infection Control

We aren’t out of the COVID-19 woods yet, but the healthcare community is already looking at what steps everyone can take for a safer environment. From infection prevention and control, to cleaning and...

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COVID-19 cost U.S. 9 million years of life expectancy

December 21, 2025

Infection Control

The COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed more than 660,000 lives in the U.S. has also cut aggregate life expectancy here by more than 9 million years, according to a study published Monday in Annals of ...

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COVID-19: IHI tool helps to identify gaps in patient surge preparedness

December 21, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

If COVID-19 cases are rising in your area again and you’re seeking a fresh look at your pandemic response plan, download the free patient surge preparedness checklist by the Institute for Healthcare I...

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Health systems and hospitals grappling with workforce shortages

December 21, 2025

Infection Control

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted workforce shortages at health systems and hospitals across the country. On Sept. 1, the American Nurses Association urged the federal Department of Health &amp...

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TJC warns immediate threats to safety ‘spiking’ over single-use devices

September 15, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Check your emergency rooms, outpatient clinics and anywhere else where pandemic-related equipment shortages have forced your facility to go outside normal supply lines for replacement medical devices....

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More virus, more fraud

December 21, 2025

Workplace safety, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

With the spread of the delta variant of COVID-19, mask and vaccine mandates are coming back, and hospitals are reaching or exceeding capacity in some regions. That may mean higher demand for personal ...

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‘Perfect storm’ increased healthcare-associated infections during pandemic

December 21, 2025

Infection Control, Patient Safety

There has been a significant increase in healthcare-associated infections (HAI) during the coronavirus pandemic, a recent research article found. From 2015 to 2019, there were decreases in the prevale...

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Breaking news: CMS to require staff at hospitals, other facilities to be vaccinated against COVID-19

September 09, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Look for an interim final rule in October that will require “staff within all Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities” to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a press release by CMS on Thur...

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HFAP praises performance in PHE, highlights problems in 2021 quality review

December 21, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors, Infection Control

Hospitals, clinical laboratories, and ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) accredited by HFAP showed improvements in 2020. Fewer organizations faced repeat deficiencies than in prior years, and there was ...

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Nearly 30% of RNs are at risk of leaving their organization, new analysis reveals

Preparing to improve infection prevention after COVID-19

COVID-19 cost U.S. 9 million years of life expectancy

COVID-19: IHI tool helps to identify gaps in patient surge preparedness

Health systems and hospitals grappling with workforce shortages

TJC warns immediate threats to safety ‘spiking’ over single-use devices

More virus, more fraud

‘Perfect storm’ increased healthcare-associated infections during pandemic

Breaking news: CMS to require staff at hospitals, other facilities to be vaccinated against COVID-19

HFAP praises performance in PHE, highlights problems in 2021 quality review

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