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Jefferson Health CEO discusses healthcare’s ‘new normal’ after COVID-19

December 31, 2025

Policies and Procedures, Infection Control

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has forced hospital and health system executives to confront unprecedented challenges and has likely ushered in a new era for the broader healthcare in...

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Work with linen provider to manage availability, cut down on hoarding

December 31, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Watch out for clean linen hoarding in your patient care units by busy staff who don’t have time to track down items as they turn over rooms. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CDC: Watch for six new symptoms of COVID-19

December 31, 2025

Infection Control

The CDC says that like the original three symptoms, the six new ones take two to 14 days to appear after exposure. ...

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FDA says 4 million N95 masks could be reused thanks to emergency order

December 31, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Workplace safety

The FDA has issued two emergency use authorization (EUA) for sterilizing and reprocessing N95 masks, once in March and once in April. The agency says this “has the potential to decontaminate approxima...

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Telemedicine playing front line role in COVID-19 outbreak

December 31, 2025

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Some health systems are offering virtual screening for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. After reaching epidemic proportions in Wuhan, China, in December, COVID-19 has spread to 168 countries or ter...

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CMS: Some Medicare quality data reporting extended

December 31, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

In response to the new coronavirus (COVID-19), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced exceptions and extensions for upcoming measure reporting and data submission deadlines f...

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Track COVID-19 rates to signal when to resume non-emergent care

April 21, 2020

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

While some hospitals are just approaching their peak of treating COVID-19 patients, others are already looking toward the time facilities can start taking in patients—and revenues—for non-emergent pat...

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Will it go ’round in circles? A couple more pieces of the COVID-19 pie

December 31, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As I try to embrace brevity as the soul of wit (which is likely to be as close to Shakespearean as this space is ever likely to venture), I have just ...

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Study: contaminated reusable bronchoscopes could cause secondary infections in COVID-19 patients

December 31, 2025

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Contaminated bronchoscopes could cause infections among patients and healthcare staff, according to a study recently published in the journal Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. ...

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A quarter of rural hospitals at 'high risk' of closure, COVID-19 likely to make it worse

December 31, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

More than 350 rural hospitals, accounting for $8.3 billion in total patient revenue, are at risk, according to a new analysis. ...

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Jefferson Health CEO discusses healthcare’s ‘new normal’ after COVID-19

Work with linen provider to manage availability, cut down on hoarding

CDC: Watch for six new symptoms of COVID-19

FDA says 4 million N95 masks could be reused thanks to emergency order

Telemedicine playing front line role in COVID-19 outbreak

CMS: Some Medicare quality data reporting extended

Track COVID-19 rates to signal when to resume non-emergent care

Will it go ’round in circles? A couple more pieces of the COVID-19 pie

Study: contaminated reusable bronchoscopes could cause secondary infections in COVID-19 patients

A quarter of rural hospitals at 'high risk' of closure, COVID-19 likely to make it worse

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