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Featured Story | N95 Respirator Decontamination: OSHA Weighs In | The interim guidance to the agency’s Compliance Safety and Health Officers allows the reuse, in certain circumstances, of filtering facepiece respirators decontaminated using methods that have shown promise in limited research. |
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News & Analysis | How to Use Virtual Visits to Connect Coronavirus Patients With Loved Ones | AdventHealth recently launched virtual visits for hospitalized patients with the distribution of 1,000 Chromebooks and some iPads throughout the health system's hospital campuses. The cost of the initiative was minimal because the Chromebooks were already in hand for another project, which has been delayed. |
Improving Antibiotic Stewardship at Urgent Care Centers | As care continues its move deeper into communities and away from traditional medical campuses, urgent care centers are exploding in growth. In 2018, there were 8,100 urgent care centers, up nearly 27% from 2014, according to Consumer Reports. Those centers see an estimated 160 million patient visits each year, according to the Urgent Care Association. |
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Hand Hygiene For All: What’s the Rub? | Everyone in healthcare, whether frontline staff or providers of ancillary services, must consistently perform hand hygiene. This May 19 webinar will discuss how we achieve compliance with this basic practice of infection prevention. |
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| Product Spotlight | The theft of drugs and medicines by staff has vexed the healthcare industry for centuries —and with the opioid epidemic diversion the stakes are higher than ever. Drug Diversion Prevention in Healthcare, Second Edition is loaded with tools and info showing you how to make a solid prevention plan. This new edition also contains case studies and real-life examples of how healthcare staff diverted drugs, how they were caught, and the steps taken afterwards. Written by diversion prevention expert Kim New, this book is designed to help nursing, patient safety, and hospital security officials foster awareness of drug diversion, fight the “it can’t happen here” mentality, keep staff accountable, and monitor and audit the drugs moving through your facility to ensure they reach the right patient. Order now! | |
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