CMS updates its surveyor's manual for first time in more than a year

Source: Hospital Safety Insider

Just in time for the holidays, CMS is offering the gift of a newly revised State Operations Manual (SOM), one of the first significant overhauls in more than a year, especially for hospitals. Expect updated standards from accrediting organizations (AOs) to follow.

CMS offers training on new electronic form for restraint-related deaths

Source: Hospital Safety Insider

As of January 1, CMS eliminated the paper version of the form to report patient deaths associated with restraint or seclusion. Form CMS-10455 must be filed through an electronic version.

I heard the bells! Or did I see three ships?

Source: Mac's Safety Space

Yet another mixed bag of festive goodies for you this week: I know you’ve all been good (our profession doesn’t really leave a lot of room for anything other than good, so Santa Mac doesn’t even need to make a list and check it once or twice).

Holiday Schedule

We're publishing Hospital Safety Insider today because of the upcoming holidays. Next week we'll be back on our regular Thursday schedule.

Healthcare Life Safety Compliance 2019 index

It is an understatement to say that 2019 was an eventful year. If you need to review any topics, we’ve created this index of HLSC articles to help you quickly find what you need. We look forward to keeping you abreast of patient safety in 2020!

Use new delays to catch up to more stringent USP requirements

Check with your state health department or board of pharmacy to see if you must still comply with the requirements under USP chapter <800> Hazardous Drugs—Handling in Healthcare Settings starting December 1.

Educate leadership on USP expectations with this excerpt

Help your leadership understand the upcoming accreditation survey process once new USP protections for hospital workers handling hazardous drugs go fully into effect (see article above) with this excerpt from HCPro’s, “USP <800>: How to Prepare for the New Hazardous Drug Requirements.,”

Q&A: Zero harm study

Anne Marie Benedicto, MPP, MPH, is vice president of The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare. She spoke with MEU about the Center’s first-ever broad-based study on zero harm and what they’ve learned from it.

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