Newsletter Articles “If it wasn’t documented, it wasn’t done.” It’s a phrase that every accreditation professional should know by heart. It’s a phrase that should be drilled into every doctor, nurse, and caregiver. It’s a phrase in the mind of every surveyor. The second, lesser-known phrase that everyone should know is: “It doesn’t do me any good if I can’t find it.”  In a panel discussion, Dana Swenson, senior vice president at UMass Memorial Health Care; Barbara Edson, VP of clinical quality of health research for the American Hospital Association; Carolyn V. Gould, a medical epidemiologist in the division of healthcare quality promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; George Mills, former director of engineering for The Joint Commission; and Linda Dickey, director of epidemiology & infection prevention at UC Irvine Health, discuss the importance of considering good infection control in the design of healthcare facilities. Improperly reprocessed gastrointestinal scopes, subpar disinfection procedures, cybersecurity threats, and flaws in medicine administration systems will continue to threaten safety in U.S. healthcare facilities in 2018, and priority action should be taken to reduce the risk to patients.
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Editor's picks February 2, 2016
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