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ISMP Isoflurane Alert
Earlier this week, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) shared an urgent alert regarding a mix up ...
Read More The Joint Commission Revises Time Frame for Evaluating Licensed Practitioners
Effective immediately, The Joint Commission (TJC) has revised its requirements for the evaluation of a licensed practitioner's ability ...
Read More CMS Releases Expectations of Healthcare Organizations in Workplace Violence Prevention
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has outlined expectations of healthcare organizations in addressing the issues ...
Read More Safety Briefing for Joint Commission Surveyors to be Required for Surveys in 2023
The Joint Commission announced via their November Perspectives publication, that effective January 1, 2023, organizations undergoing accreditation, certification ...
Read More USP 797 Finalized?
The United States Pharmacopeia announced earlier this week that the revisions to both USP Chapter 795 and USP ...
Read More Sterile Instrument Safety is a Main Focus of Regulatory Surveys
We are hearing from the field that regulatory surveyors are heavily focused on sterile instrument safety, specifically on ...
Read More CMS Releases Resource Tool Kit for Roadmap Out of the Current Public Health Emergency
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) just released a resource tool kit to guide healthcare organizations ...
Read More New & Revised Antibiotic Stewardship Requirements Announced by TJC
New and revised Antibiotic Stewardship requirements will be going into effect in January 2023 for Joint Commission Hospital ...
Read More Regulation Changes proposed to CLIA – TIME SENSITIVE
CMS has proposed changes to the CLIA regulations. The proposed changes were published in the Federal Register dated ...
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