Newsletter Articles Brad Keyes, CHSP, owner of Keyes Life Safety Compliance, answers your questions about life safety compliance: from ALSMs, access-control locks, and fire door inspection records  For three days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in 2005, Children's Hospital New Orleans stayed open, providing continuous care for its tiny patients, with about half its normal staff. The call to evacuate came only after breached levees unleashed flooding and chaos in much of the city. A new study published by a team of researchers from the University of Iowa outlines some of the outdated—and in some cases nonexistent—infection control procedures employed during invasive outpatient procedures performed outside of hospital operating rooms.
Marketing Spotlight Presented on: Tuesday, November 21, 2017, 1:00-2:30 p.m. EST
Speaker: Ernest E. Allen, ARM, CSP, CPHRM, CHFM
Program Level: Intermediate
Registration: http://hcmarketplace.com/suicide-prevention-in-hospitals Summary: Hospitals are continually working to reduce the risk of patient suicide in their facilities, but the problem persists. The Joint Commission has placed particular emphasis on reducing suicide risk, including a National Patient Safety Goal and a recent Sentinel Event Alert.
In this webinar, former Joint Commission surveyor Ernest E. Allen, ARM, CSP, CPHRM, CHFM, will explain how hospitals can identify and reduce suicide risks and improve compliance with Joint Commission requirements. At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to: - Identify suicide risks in hospitals
- Be able to reference applicable Joint Commission standards and Sentinel Event Alerts
- Learn prevention methods to help lower suicide risk
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