Safety Briefings for Survey Teams
A safe work environment during an actual regulatory survey is paramount. Learn tips to ensure safety for survey teams or other visiting organizations.
A safe work environment during an actual regulatory survey is paramount. Learn tips to ensure safety for survey teams or other visiting organizations.
As organizations continue to expand should new care locations or services be included in their accreditation program? Learn more about the criteria to consider.
CMS posts onsite survey reports by Accrediting Organizations and State Survey Agencies of substantial noncompliance. Are you on the list?
Recently, CMS issued, “Guidelines for the Expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency”. Learn timelines for regulatory requirements issued during the PHE.
CPAP machines present two potentially serious safety concerns in the Behavioral Health environment: ligature risk and improper cleaning/disinfecting/storage of medical equipment. CPAPs can be safely used if these two concerns are well-managed.
Psychiatric hospitals carry inherent safety concerns. Learn key aspects for creating a mitigation plan to address areas of ligature risk.
One of the easiest deficiencies a regulatory or accrediting organization can render against an organization is a finding that the organization was not able to provide expected documents.
We are observing increasing incidence of organizations struggling to follow their point of use sterile instrument reprocessing procedures. This is a major infection control risk and patient safety concern.
We are noticing that many organizations are not including special procedural areas as part of their proactive assessments for fire and burn risk for patients.
CMS released QSO-23-09-Hospital in early March to provide greater emphasize of organization’s efforts to deliver safe, quality patient care.