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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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The need to understand infection risk sources and pathways to mitigate HAIs

December 24, 2025

Infection Control, Patient Safety

Hospital-acquired infections (HAI) remain a significant source of concern for healthcare facilities of all types and sizes, and the physical environment is often a leading source of these infection-ca...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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COVID-19 and physician burnout: How health systems can help reverse it

December 24, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

After months of being stuck at home, staying socially distant, wearing face coverings, and constantly washing your hands, do you suffer from “coronavirus burnout”? While COVID-19-related inconvenience...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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ECRI: Half of disposable isolation gowns don’t pass muster

December 24, 2025

Infection Control, Workplace safety

Keep in regular contact with your supply chain and ensure they are checking the quality and integrity of supplies from nontraditional and foreign suppliers following an alarming report on disposable i...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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ASTM developing nonregulatory standard for face masks

December 24, 2025

Infection Control, Workplace safety

ASTM International, a standards-setting organization formerly known as The American Society for Testing and Materials, is developing a new specification for face coverings. The Centers for Disease Con...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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3 strategies for combating nurse burnout during and after the pandemic

December 24, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses were already facing a high burnout rate—with nearly four out of 10 nurses reporting they felt burned out—possibly due to long hours, increased workloads, weak wo...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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COVID-19 and physician burnout: How health systems can help reverse it

December 24, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

Nearly 60% of physicians surveyed reported feelings of burnout, compared to 40% in 2018. Half of the physicians surveyed reported experiencing anger, tearfulness, or anxiety due to the pandemic’s effe...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Mental health and COVID-19: Study finds bilateral impact

December 24, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Workplace safety, Infection Control

A new study has found that 18.1% of COVID-19 patients are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder such as depression, anxiety, or insomnia within 90 days of receiving their COVID-19 diagnosis, 5.8% for ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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NIOSH says FFRs with exhalation valves just as effective at control of disease sources

December 24, 2025

Workplace safety, Infection Control

Filtering facepiece respirators (FFR) with exhalation valves, as well as a surgical mask or an unregulated face covering, can reduce a wearer’s aerosol emissions, according to a report released on Dec...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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ECRI provides lessons learned on COVID-19 vaccine rollout

December 17, 2020

Infection Control

As you launch COVID-19 vaccine operations, experts caution: Freeze or chill, but do not shake. Both the vaccine and its storage in dry ice require careful handling. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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DNV GL says CMS Oks some reaccreditation surveys remotely

December 17, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

DNV GL Healthcare just announced that CMS is now allowing it to conduct full, deemed, reaccreditation surveys remotely, under certain conditions. ...

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The need to understand infection risk sources and pathways to mitigate HAIs

COVID-19 and physician burnout: How health systems can help reverse it

ECRI: Half of disposable isolation gowns don’t pass muster

ASTM developing nonregulatory standard for face masks

3 strategies for combating nurse burnout during and after the pandemic

COVID-19 and physician burnout: How health systems can help reverse it

Mental health and COVID-19: Study finds bilateral impact

NIOSH says FFRs with exhalation valves just as effective at control of disease sources

ECRI provides lessons learned on COVID-19 vaccine rollout

DNV GL says CMS Oks some reaccreditation surveys remotely

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