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Healthcare Safety Leader

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Healthcare Safety Leader - October 2019

June 19, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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COVID-19 PHE is extended again, effective October 18

October 15, 2021

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

The national COVID-19 public health emergency has been extended for another 90 days. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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FEMA issues reminder on extra staff, DNV goes to some remote surveys

June 19, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters

In case you missed it, here’s a roundup of breaking news items posted on the Accreditation & Quality Compliance Center since Inside Accreditation & Quality was last published. The Federal E...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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COVID-19: IHI tool helps to identify gaps in patient surge preparedness

June 19, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

If COVID-19 cases are rising in your area again and you’re seeking a fresh look at your pandemic response plan, download the free patient surge preparedness checklist by the Institute for Healthcare I...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Locking up before you go: Security and continued operations amid an evacuation

June 19, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities

Getting your patients and staff out of harm’s way is always the number one priority during an evacuation, and it might not always be practical to do a step-by-step lockdown of your facility or take al...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Hurricane Ida illustrates need for plans within emergency plans

August 30, 2021

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Review your emergency preparedness plans to ensure you have contingency plans for emergencies within an emergency, and drill staff on evacuating patients up or down stairwells. ...

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FEMA asks hospitals needing extra staff to work with local agencies first

August 19, 2021

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

FEMA is asking healthcare organizations needing extra medical staff because of the COVID-19 surge to work with local agencies first, and to consider reducing elective procedures and activating retired...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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AIHA voices concerns about COVID-19 ETS

June 19, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

On July 27, AIHA (formerly the American Industrial Hygiene Association) revealed concerns about the federal COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) in a 13-page letter to the Occupational Safety a...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Emergency preparedness and utility infrastructure in healthcare

June 19, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters

As the COVID-19 vaccines roll out across the country and around the world, healthcare organizations can now pivot from frontline surge preparation and focus on futureproofing their facilities. While h...

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Exempt from full-scale emergency exercise? Check revised memo

June 24, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters

Inpatient providers that have an emergency plan or are still under it because of the continuing public health emergency (PHE) get a pass again this year on the full-scale community-based preparedness ...

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Healthcare Safety Leader - October 2019

COVID-19 PHE is extended again, effective October 18

FEMA issues reminder on extra staff, DNV goes to some remote surveys

COVID-19: IHI tool helps to identify gaps in patient surge preparedness

Locking up before you go: Security and continued operations amid an evacuation

Hurricane Ida illustrates need for plans within emergency plans

FEMA asks hospitals needing extra staff to work with local agencies first

AIHA voices concerns about COVID-19 ETS

Emergency preparedness and utility infrastructure in healthcare

Exempt from full-scale emergency exercise? Check revised memo

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