DNV GL says CMS Oks some reaccreditation surveys remotely

DNV GL Healthcare just announced that CMS is now allowing it to conduct full, deemed...

NIOSH says FFRs with exhalation valves just as effective at control of disease sources

Filtering facepiece respirators (FFR) with exhalation valves, as well as a surgical mask or an...

ECRI provides lessons learned on COVID-19 vaccine rollout

As you launch COVID-19 vaccine operations, experts caution: Freeze or chill, but do not shake...

Just in time for the holidays: Shoes are dropping all over the place, including business occupancies!

Source: Mac's Safety Space

Just when you thought that maybe, just maybe, 2020 had run out of surprises, our friends in Chicago have taken one last (hopefully) opportunity to create a little chaos...

Note: Due to the holidays, this edition and next week's edition of Hospital Safety Insider will be sent out on December 23 and 30. We'll be back to our normal Thursday schedule on January 7.  Happy Holidays!

TJC at ASHE: New water management standard specifies requirements

Your facility will need diagrams or schematics of its water system and a way to address stagnant water under the new requirements set out by a new standard from The Joint Commission (TJC).

The new Environment of Care standard EC.02.05.02 requires hospitals to have a water management program “in accordance with law and regulation.”

Hackers legally off the hook in patient's death but maybe not in future

On September 11, 2020, an elderly woman in Germany was rushed to the University Hospital Düsseldorf (UKD) with a life-threatening aortic aneurysm. However, when the ambulance arrived at UKD, they discovered the facility had been crippled by a ransomware attack.

Relying on "old school" methods during a ransomware attack

When your facility can’t access its medical records, operate its equipment, and properly care for patients, that’s not a problem—it’s an emergency, said Kelly Proctor, CHFM, CHSP, CHOP, director of operations for DNV GL Healthcare, during DNV GL’s 2020 Virtual Conference in October. When your systems go down, your facility needs to be ready to switch back to paper records and runners in an instant.

Saving money and water in healthcare

As clean water becomes harder to find, it becomes more expensive. And healthcare facilities use a lot of water.

The EPA says healthcare facilities account for 7% of all commercial and institutional water use, making them the third largest water consumers of all buildings in the U.S. One study found that hospitals use about 570 gallons of water per bed per day, compared to the 150 gallons the average citizen uses per day.

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