The Johns Hopkins Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care provides a free, downloadable and adaptable card for patients to fill out when observing whether their healthcare providers are performing proper hand hygiene.
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The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has submitted comments to the National Vaccine Advisory Committee Subgroup on Health Care Personnel Influenza Vaccination in support of its draft report intended to provide guidance on how to achieve the…
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association is advising surgery centers cited by state Medicare surveyors for non-compliance when they do not notify patients of required information prior to the date of surgery to direct surveyors to the new CMS regulations that…
The Joint Commission has published a new standards FAQ about thawed plasma expiration.
Northeast Valley Health Corporation in San Fernando, Calif., has obtained accreditation by The Joint Commission for its healthcare services.
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The Joint Commission has revised several elements of performance under its ambulatory healthcare accreditation program.
Metro Health Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich., has announced it has received primary stroke certification from the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, according to a hospital news release.
Utah's House Health and Human Services Standing Committee has thrown its support to legislation that would require all healthcare facilities to report infection rates to the state, according to a Deseret News report.
The Minnesota Department of Health provides two free, downloadable posters to remind people to wash their hands.
The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program and the AOA Bureau of Hospitals recently held a collaborative webcast focusing on how one hospital implemented the HFAP standards designed to improve patient safety at discharge, and this webcast is now available for replay.