Looking for ideas? OIG report outlines hospital strategies on COVID challenges

Source: Hospital Safety Insider

If you are still preparing for a major onslaught of suspected COVID-19 patients, review your plans...

Warning: Despite Blanket Waivers, CoP, EMTALA Regulations Are Still in Effect

Source: Hospital Safety Insider

Beware the myths and misperceptions going around about the blanket 1135 waivers issued by CMS to...

Free online COVID-19 surge planning tool available to hospitals

Source: Hospital Safety Insider

A newly developed modeling tool to predict hospital capacity needs during the COVID-19 pandemic is...

A quarter of rural hospitals at ’high risk’ of exposure, COVID-19 likely to make it worse

Source: Hospital Safety Insider

One quarter of rural hospitals are at high risk of closing due to financial challenges, according...

Feeling pretty psyched: Some good news to share!

Source: Mac's Safety Space

This week, it gladdens my heart to let you know that the good folks at the American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) published a template (and guidance information) to facilitate facilities and safety professionals’ requests for an 1135 Waiver

Keyes Q&A: Hand sanitizer, Med Sleds, suites, emergency generators

Each month, Brad Keyes, CHSP, owner of Keyes Life Safety Compliance, answers your questions about...

COVID-19 dominates preparedness as hospitals manage pandemic

Healthcare Safety Leader along with its companion website, the Hospital Safety Center, have also been stepping up efforts to bring readers the latest information.

NIOSH: Responders must be notified of coronavirus exposure

On March 27, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) updated its list of potentially life-threatening infectious diseases to which emergency responders may be exposed (85 Federal Register 17335).

OSHA relaxes fit-testing enforcement under certain circumstances

In further recognition of the short supply of protective N95 respirators for healthcare workers treating suspected or confirmed patients with COVID-19, OSHA in March relaxed enforcement of annual fit testing requirements under certain circumstances.

Hand hygiene: Just do it

In 2018, The Joint Commission (TJC) announced it would issue a Requirement for Improvement if it...

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