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Accreditation Connection

• Accreditation Connection to become AHAP Accreditation Connection

  Dear Accreditation Connection subscriber, This will be the final issue of Accreditation Connection...

• AHAP launches first benchmarking survey of 2012

  The Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP) has launched its first...

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Accreditation Monthly

• Prepare for the Updated Electronic Application

  The Joint Commission announced in its November Perspectives that an updated electronic application...

• Having Trouble with Ambulatory Summary Lists?

  For patients receiving ambulatory care services on a multi-visit or continued basis such as...

• CMS & Alcohol-based Skin Prep in the OR - How do you know you’re managing the risks?

  With the increased attention on minimizing the risks of surgical fires, it seems like there was...

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Infection Control Weekly Monitor

• Infection Control Weekly Monitor merging into Hospital Safety Insider

  Notice: Your subscription will be changing in the coming weeks!

• Prewritten exposure control plans

  Q: It seems like it will take too much time to write my own exposure control plan. Can’t I...

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Patient Safety Monitor Insider

• Where patient rights and patient safety meet

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• Strong for Surgery initiative takes patient safety outside the OR

  Conducting a timeout, including the use of a checklist, before beginning a surgery is a well-known...

• Drug safety education and teamwork exercises lacking in many hospitals

  Hospitals may be missing opportunities to enhance patient safety strategies and avoid costly...

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Patient Safety Monitor: Global Edition

• Ottawa Hospital continues improvement of patient safety

  On April 30, as part of a May 2008 initiative by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to...

• England: Despite high number of mistakes, patients told not to worry

  Burton's Queen's Hospital has suffered 26 serious untoward incidents (SUIs) in the past year, which...

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Patient Safety Quality Monthly

• Measuring Your Hand Hygiene Culture?

  Hand hygiene or sanitizing is one of those areas that continue to be with us, but it is not an easy...

• Are you rolling?

  In our world of patient safety and quality, we are inevitably dealing with analyzing and presenting...

• Push and Pull in the ED

  If your organization is working on improving patient flow—and who isn’t?—it is...