Upcoming regulations will affect hospitals' day-to-day operations
Hospital Safety Connection, December 17, 2008
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- An EPA rule mandating that hospitals run full loads in their ethylene oxide sterilizers goes into effect December 29. The EPA wants initial notification of compliance status for existing sterilizers by June 27, 2009.
- On January 1, 2009, The Joint Commission’s revised EC, life safety, and emergency management standards take effect, as does the accreditor’s new criticality scoring model.
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