Infection Control | .accreditationqualitycenter

Joint Commission elaborates on accreditation reports, suicide risks, and toilet seats

June 30, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Joint Commission elaborates on accreditation reports, suicide risks, and toilet seats, Policies and Procedures, Joint Commission elaborates on accreditation reports, suicide risks, and toilet seats, Joint Commission elaborates on accreditation reports, suicide risks, and toilet seats, Behavioral & Mental Health

The 2017 Chicago session of The Joint Commission’s annual Executive Briefings saw a far-ranging discussion on the future of accreditation. Attendees from around the country came and listened to the la...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

- Volume

Issue

CMS tells surveyors to double check for Legionella contamination

June 30, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

On June 2, CMS issued a new memo to surveyors on the importance of reducing cases of Legionella infections. Not long after, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent out a Vital Signs ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

- Volume

Issue

Q&A: How to respond to the WHO's top 12 superbugs list

June 30, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety

Editor’s note: In February, The World Health Organization (WHO) published its first list of a dozen families of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” that pose the greatest threat to humanity. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

- Volume

Issue

Keeping fungi at bay

June 30, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

In March, The Washington Post ran an alarming story about a new strain of Candida auris (C. auris) fungus in U.S. hospitals. At presstime, there were more than 50 C. auris cases in the U.S., mostly cl...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

- Volume

Issue

CDC updates SSI guideline for the first time in 18 years

June 30, 2026

Climate Change, Cybersecurity & Technology, Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Health Equity, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

In May 2017, the CDC released its new guideline for surgical site infection (SSI) prevention, the first such update since the turn of the century. Between 2006 and 2009, roughly 1.9% of surgical pr...

2017 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards

Tue, 05/09/2017 - 11:36 - - Environment and Facilities

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

- Volume

Issue

Q&A: The importance of oral care

June 30, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Patient Safety

In January, Trina Crow, RN, MJ, associate project director at The Joint Commission, wrote in a blog post that long-term care facilities need to pursue oral care policies more intently. While neither T...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

- Volume

Issue

Joint Commission focuses on CAUTI compliance

June 30, 2026

Infection Control

In June, The Joint Commission made several changes to its catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG). All the changes go into effect on January 1, 2017 and...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

- Volume

Issue

Breaking down the new HAI reduction goals and how to achieve them

June 30, 2026

Infection Control

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced ambitious new targets for reducing healthcare-acquired infections (HAI) by 2020. The goals apply to acute care hospitals, long-term...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

- Volume

Issue

As the threat of sepsis intensifies, experts push for a faster response

June 30, 2026

Infection Control

A deadly infection that has lingered throughout healthcare for the last several decades is finding a foothold at the national level thanks to recently updated definitions that offer clinicians a more ...

Subscribe to Infection Control

Joint Commission elaborates on accreditation reports, suicide risks, and toilet seats

CMS tells surveyors to double check for Legionella contamination

Q&A: How to respond to the WHO's top 12 superbugs list

Keeping fungi at bay

CDC updates SSI guideline for the first time in 18 years

2017 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards

Q&A: The importance of oral care

Joint Commission focuses on CAUTI compliance

Breaking down the new HAI reduction goals and how to achieve them

As the threat of sepsis intensifies, experts push for a faster response

Resource/w tools selected

STET CMS & tools

OSHA Dental Facilities Update - November 2023

OSHA Medical Facilities Update - November 2023

Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

Tab 2, Dental Facility OSHA Manual- August 2023

Chapter 2: Chapter Format and Tracer Planning