Field Notes

Ensuring you have a safe work environment is paramount; this includes during an actual regulatory survey.  In January ...

As organizations continue to expand their footprints to address patient and community needs, we are often asked about ...

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is used to effectively treat sleep apnea, a serious disorder linked to ...

Psychiatric hospitals carry inherent safety concerns due to high-acuity conditions such as suicide risk. In high-risk environments like ...

One of the easiest deficiencies a regulatory or accrediting organization can render against an organization is a finding ...

We are observing increasing incidence of organizations struggling to follow their point of use sterile instrument reprocessing procedures.  ...

We are noticing that many organizations are not including special procedural areas as part of their proactive assessments ...