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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!
 

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Brian Ward, Associate Editor

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