The Joint Commission has published a fact sheet on its National Patient Safety Goals.
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Delaware's Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline has been asked to change its disciplinary measures for Frederick Gooding, Sr., MD, according to a local ABC news release.
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices has published a free, downloadable two-page list of error-prone abbreviations, symbols and dose designations.
A hand hygiene joint project between the Department of Veterans Affairs and 3M produced a number of valuable tools that used the Six Sigma process, including a free, downloadable questionnaire for measuring local perceptions and attitudes regarding hand hygiene in…
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care will begin seeking public comment for proposed revisions to AAAHC standards for 2012 beginning Aug. 2.
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Ambulatory surgery centers, like most facilities, cannot typically afford to purchase all of the instruments needed for the wide-range of procedures they perform. This, coupled with changing technology and a lack of storage space, leads most ASCs to employ the…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has produced a free, downloadable training video for healthcare employers and workers that explains the proper use of respirators and the procedures to follow to assure that respirators protect workers from airborne hazards in…
The Minnesota Hospital Association provides a free, downloadable 'safe site' poster.
Kearney County Health Services, based in Minden, Neb., provided a medication history/discharge order/patient instructions form for use in a medication reconciliation toolkit developed by the Critical Access Hospital Network and available on the website of the Nebraska Hospital Association.
Pamela Dembski Hart, CHSP, BS MT (ASCP), principal and founder of Healthcare Accreditation Resources LLC, discusses key steps surgery centers should take to increase compliance with current infection prevention and control standards so successful accreditation may be achieved.