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Healthcare Safety Leader

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Check in with hospital pharmacists on environmental concerns with revised drug handling requirements

August 01, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

Check with the hospital pharmacists and program managers overseeing implementation of the latest updates to the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) standards on what cleaning solutions they need and maintenance c...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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The pigs are sick; Swine flu reported at Michigan fair

December 13, 2025

Infection Control

An familiar and unpleasant virus reared its head last week at the Oakland County Fair in Michigan, where several pigs tested positive for influenza A virus, the causative agent of swine flu. ...

Chapter 1: Understanding The Joint Commission Survey Process

Thu, 07/13/2023 - 12:00 - - Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CDC: New RSV vaccine recommended for adults over 60

December 13, 2025

Infection Control, Patient Safety

Two new Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccines have been recommended by the CDC for use in older patients. The new RSV vaccines from GSK and Pfizer are the first ones licensed in the U.S. to prote...

Medical Environment Update

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Laboratory sanitizer policies post-COVID

December 13, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Laboratory Safety

If your lab or clinic hasn’t done so already, it will have to review its supply, storage, and placement of alcohol-based hand rub and sanitizers, says Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, a laboratory safety o...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Check hand sanitizer compliance now that COVID-19 PHE waivers have ended

December 13, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment, Infection Control, Patient Safety

“Folks ended up installing additional dispensers wherever they felt the need—some of which made sense, some of which, not so much—and had as much on hand as they could get ahold of. Lots of folks ende...

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CDC: First U.S.-acquired malaria cases since 2003 reported in Florida and Texas

December 13, 2025

Infection Control

“Malaria is a medical emergency and should be treated accordingly. Patients suspected of having malaria should be urgently evaluated in a facility that is able to provide rapid diagnosis and treatment...

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CDC: Increase in hospitalizations involving fungal infection

December 13, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Hospitalizations involving fungal infections increased 8.5% each year between 2019 and 2021, according to a new CDC analysis, and was driven primarily by hospitalizations of patients with COVID-19–ass...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Q&A: Healthcare-associated infections remain after the pandemic

December 13, 2025

Infection Control, Patient Safety

When the Leapfrog Safety Group published its annual list of Hospital Safety Grades, they announced they’d found a significant increase in healthcare-associated infections (HAI) during the COVID-19 pan...

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COVID-19 emergency management in a post–public health emergency world

June 20, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ended on May 11, but the spread of COVID-19 must still be controlled. ...

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Check in with hospital pharmacists on environmental concerns with revised drug handling requirements

The pigs are sick; Swine flu reported at Michigan fair

Chapter 1: Understanding The Joint Commission Survey Process

CDC: New RSV vaccine recommended for adults over 60

Laboratory sanitizer policies post-COVID

Check hand sanitizer compliance now that COVID-19 PHE waivers have ended

CDC: First U.S.-acquired malaria cases since 2003 reported in Florida and Texas

CDC: Increase in hospitalizations involving fungal infection

Q&A: Healthcare-associated infections remain after the pandemic

COVID-19 emergency management in a post–public health emergency world

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