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Inside Accreditation and Quality, June 2021

December 22, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Don’t change policies yet on masking inside your facility

May 18, 2021

Policies and Procedures, Infection Control

Hospitals and other healthcare facilities should continue to require masks against COVID-19 as always, despite new guidance to the general public. ...

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Nurses’ mental, physical health tied to preventable medical errors

December 22, 2025

Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, critical care nurses (CCN) were experiencing alarmingly high levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and poor physical health—factors that correlated with an in...

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Check your state’s pandemic plan to make sure 1135 waivers don’t conflict with those requirements

May 11, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Be sure to review any federal 1135 blanket waivers against your state's requirements to make sure you've met compliance expectations. ...

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Clean hands, clear communication: How nurse leaders ushered in hand hygiene tech tools

December 22, 2025

Infection Control, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Although observations showed a 90% hand hygiene compliance across the health system where he is director of quality, Bill Cox, RN, CPPS, CPHQ, was skeptical. “I would say, ‘How are we at 90% when I se...

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Review new CMS vaccines rule: It may soon apply to more facilities

May 11, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

CMS pre-published an interim final rule today that sets COVID-19 vaccine requirements for long-term care (LTC) facilities, and is seeking comment to expand the rules to other types of providers. ...

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Use risk assessment to improve your infection prevention and control post-pandemic

December 22, 2025

Infection Control

As the public health emergency (PHE) winds down, resist the urge to return to the way you did things before the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in your outlying clinics and ambulatory care sites. Ide...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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How to be a high reliability organization during a crisis

December 22, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Quality & Errors, Infection Control

How important is maintaining high reliability organization (HRO) principles and values during a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic? Can a clinic or hospital reasonably become an HRO when dealing with a...

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Critical Care Nurses’ Mental, Physical Health Connected to Preventable Medical Errors

December 22, 2025

Healthcare Staff, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Nearly two-thirds (60.9%) of the CCNs reported having made medical errors in the past five years, according to the study. Occurrence of medical errors was significantly higher among nurses in worse he...

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ONC Coordinator Outlines New Vistas for Telehealth, Unblocked Health Records, and Patient ID

December 22, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control

Micky Tripathi, PhD, MPP, who holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University, took the reins of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Hea...

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, June 2021

Don’t change policies yet on masking inside your facility

Nurses’ mental, physical health tied to preventable medical errors

Check your state’s pandemic plan to make sure 1135 waivers don’t conflict with those requirements

Clean hands, clear communication: How nurse leaders ushered in hand hygiene tech tools

Review new CMS vaccines rule: It may soon apply to more facilities

Use risk assessment to improve your infection prevention and control post-pandemic

How to be a high reliability organization during a crisis

Critical Care Nurses’ Mental, Physical Health Connected to Preventable Medical Errors

ONC Coordinator Outlines New Vistas for Telehealth, Unblocked Health Records, and Patient ID

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