Two-thirds of all hospital beds are already occupied

Source: Hospital Safety Insider

Nearly two-thirds of the nation’s estimated 728,000 hospital beds already are occupied...

Despite Federal COVID-19 Stimulus, Many Hospitals Could Face Layoffs Within Two Months

Source: Hospital Safety Insider

Despite a proposed 20% reimbursement rate increase for treatment of patients infected with...

COVID-19: Non-profit group partners with biotech consortium to crowd-source PPE solutions

Source: Hospital Safety Insider

A consortium of biotech and pharmaceutical companies promoting innovation, have partnered to create...

Time I had some time alone: How negative do we need to be?

Source: Mac's Safety Space

Just a quick couple of items this week. Don’t want to take you too far away from your primary focus!

CMS updates its surveyors' manual for the first time in over a year

CMS is revising its State Operations Manual (SOM) for hospitals in one of the first significant...

CMS eliminates 2nd survey for psychiatric hospitals, to merge B-tags into SOMA

CMS announced it is combining the interpretive guidelines that its surveyors use for psychiatric...

Work with linen provider to manage availability, cut down on hoarding

Watch out for clean linen hoarding in your patient care units by busy staff who don’t have time to track down items as they turn over rooms.

What deficiencies would you cite and why? And how would you correct them?

You be the surveyor.

The following information was taken from a CMS Form-2567 “Statement of Deficiencies” posted online by the federal agency under its Quality, Certification and Oversight Reports (QCOR) group.

Ask the expert: You may need extra LED fixtures

Q: NFPA 101-2012 (Life Safety Code®), section 7.8.1.4 states: “Required illumination shall be arranged so that the failure of any single lighting unit shall not result in an illumination level of less than 0.2 foot-candle in any designated area.” So if a single bulb fixture failing is an issue, can LED lighting be utilized for illumination of a discharge exit and comply with the LSC?

Massachusetts law could change signage and security at hospital entrance

Massachusetts legislators are now weighing passage of a new law to fill in potential signage gaps to ensure people are able to find their way into critical care buildings.

Why you need to know if a patient uses cannabis

As a provider, you need to know how to have an open and honest discussion with patients about their...

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Prevention and Resources: Where Do We Go From Here?

Presented on:
Monday, March 30, 2020
1:00-2:30 p.m. Eastern

Presented by:
Marge McFarlane, PhD, MT(ASCP), CHFM, CHSP, CJCP, HEM, MEP
Superior Performance Consultants, LLC

What do we do now? As the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread across America, healthcare facilities and providers must be ready to face this new, highly contagious disease. Marge McFarlane, an infection preventionist specialist, shows you how to prepare for and respond to COVID-19 when comes to your facility.

At the end of the program she will answer any and all questions about how to mitigate the spread of the disease, isolation vs. quarantine, and implement next steps.

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Brian Ward
Editor
bward@hcpro.com


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