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Top 10 medical technology hazards for 2020
Trouble viewing? See it online! Tuesday, October 15, 2019
 

News Headlines
Top 10 Medical Technology Hazards for 2020 Announced
Source: Accreditation & Quality Compliance Center

Surgical staplers are the top medical technology hazard for 2020, according to the ECRI Institute.
Feds to investigate hospital alleged to have kept vegetative patient alive to game transplant survival rates
Source: Accreditation & Quality Compliance Center

"I'm not sure that this is ethical, moral or right," said the transplant director, but it's "for the global good of the future transplant recipients."

 
 

Newsletter Articles
Q&A: Zero harm study
Source: Patient Safety Monitor Journal

Anne Marie Benedicto, MPP, MPH, vice president of The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare, speaks about the Center’s first-ever broad-based study on zero harm and what they’ve learned from it.
OSHA, TJC say where staff eat and drink is up to the employer
Source: Inside Accreditation & Quality

Banning all food and drink at nurse or other workstations is sometimes seen as an all-or-nothing issue—one that can pit staff against supervisors, and surveyors against compliance officers who see both sides of the problem.
Avoid RFIs: Remind staff not to eat, drink around infectious materials
Source: Inside Accreditation & Quality

That is one way to avoid an almost certain citation if those hard-at-work staffers or their refreshments are spotted by surveyors.
 

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Product Spotlight

Drug Diversion by Healthcare Personnel

Presented on: Monday, October 21, 2019 | 1:00–2:30 p.m. Eastern

Presented by: Kimberly New, BSN, JD

This webinar presented by expert speaker Kimberly New, BSN, JD, will explore current trends in drug diversion by healthcare personnel and will address how facilities can develop a straightforward approach to diversion prevention, detection, and response.

Attendees will have the opportunity at the end of the program for a live Q&A with the speaker.

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

  • State current trends in diversion
  • Identify best practices to address auditing
  • Implement processes to improve diversion prevention, detection, and response in their facilities

There's still time, register today!
 

What is the Accreditation & Quality Compliance Center

The Accreditation & Quality Compliance Center is your home for all things accreditation and patient safety. Brimming with content for free and premium subscribers alike, this site is your center for hospital excellence. 

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Validation surveys, working while ill, and USP
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News Headlines
Use new delays to catch up to more stringent USP requirements
Source: Accreditation & Quality Compliance Center

Check with your state health department or board of pharmacy to see if you must still comply with the requirements under USP chapter <800> Hazardous Drugs—Handling in Healthcare Settings starting December 1.
Study: most healthcare workers ignore policy, work while ill
Source: Accreditation & Quality Compliance Center

A study published this week found that nearly 90% of long-term care facility staff members who had an acute respiratory illness during five months of surveillance continued to work while they were ill. 
 

Newsletter Articles
Validation surveys can uncover array of problems
Source: Inside Accreditation & Quality

What is CMS finding on validation surveys that is so concerning?
TJC, other AOs told to step up on finding EoC, LSC violations
Source: Inside Accreditation & Quality

Expect CMS to continue its crackdown on The Joint Commission (TJC), HFAP, and other accrediting organizations (AO) for fire safety and physical environment oversight. 
Zero harm study finds many struggling to achieve goal
Source: Patient Safety Monitor Journal

Two million providers say they don’t have the resources to achieve zero harm 
 

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Webinar Spotlight

Drug Diversion by Healthcare Personnel

Presented on: Monday, October 21, 2019 | 1:00–2:30 p.m. Eastern

Presented by: Kimberly New, BSN, JD

This webinar presented by expert speaker Kimberly New, BSN, JD, will explore current trends in drug diversion by healthcare personnel and will address how facilities can develop a straightforward approach to diversion prevention, detection, and response.

Attendees will have the opportunity at the end of the program for a live Q&A with the speaker.

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

  • State current trends in diversion
  • Identify best practices to address auditing
  • Implement processes to improve diversion prevention, detection, and response in their facilities

Register today!
 

What is the Accreditation & Quality Compliance Center

The Accreditation & Quality Compliance Center is your home for all things accreditation and patient safety. Brimming with content for free and premium subscribers alike, this site is your center for hospital excellence. 

  • News Articles
  • Expert Analysis
  • Advanced and Beginner Toolkits
  • Online Forums
  • Crosswalks
  • And More!

Visit us at accreditationqualitycenter.com
 

Contact the Editor

Brian Ward, Associate Editor

bward@hcpro.com