OSHA Raises Its Civil Penalties for 2020 by Nearly 2%

Source: Hospital Safety Insider

 The final rule implements annual inflation adjustments of civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by OSHA and other agencies within the Department of Labor (DOL) in 2020,

TJC clarifies 1135 waivers, which suspend rules during a disaster

Source: Hospital Safety Insider

The accreditor explained that surveyors don’t expect to review an actual 1135 waiver during survey; however, they will want to review your 1135 waiver request process

The place of working dangerously: The importance of kitchen safety

Source: Mac's Safety Space

Recently, I fielded a question regarding fire response plans for food services and got me to thinking about the importance (and challenges) of good safety practices in the kitchen.

Environment of Care: What to Expect in the Upcoming Year

This excerpt comes from the HCPro book, Environment of Care Compliance Manual, Sixth Edition.

With the 2018 overhaul of the EC chapter and the additions to the Life Safety and Emergency Management chapters, there is a lot to keep an eye on in the coming year, including the following:

Critical access hospitals held to higher suicide prevention standards

In the December 2019 issue of Perspectives, The Joint Commission (TJC) announced new standards taking effect July 1, 2020, that will affect critical access hospitals (CAH). 

Review your antibiotic stewardship program against latest CoP revisions

Hospital antibiotic stewardship programs will become a Condition of Participation (CoP) requirement as of March 30, 2020.

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The Environment of Care Compliance Manual, Sixth Edition

Author Thomas J. Huser, MS, CHSP, CHEP, provides readers with:

• Analysis and compliance tips for each EC standard and element of performance (EP)
• Explanations of changes to the interpretations and scoring of the standards and EPs 
• Updated policies and procedures to comply with standards affecting all areas of the EC
• Understanding EC standards through common parlance and eliminating dry code language

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