Infection Control Articles by Topic: Surveillance
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 33, August 15, 2012
Most infection control (IC) professionals can recite their No. 1 goal in their sleep: zero...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 80, July 6, 2011
Infection control professionals at the annual Association for Professionals in Infection Control...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 70, April 27, 2011
A study published in the March Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Journal found that...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 70, April 27, 2011
Q: Do blood and urine samples need to be in a biohazard bag when transported either by hand, on a...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 65, March 23, 2011
Two doctors are at fault for putting patients at risk for potential disease exposure. A nephrology...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 65, March 23, 2011
Following a hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV exposure at a New York hospital, a bill introduced...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 61, February 23, 2011
An investigation by the CDC found that a North Carolina assisted-living facility was sharing blood...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 60, February 16, 2011
An inflatable door used to prevent the risk of airborne infections is helping staff at the Royal...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 60, February 16, 2011
The risk of airborne infections from the influenza A virus depends on size. A study found that the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 46, November 17, 2010
A Hepatitis B outbreak in early October that killed five residents at a Mount Olive, NC, assisted...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 33, August 18, 2010
Research findings released in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicate MRSA...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 33, August 18, 2010
A study published in the August 11 issue of The Lancet Infectious Disease shows prevalence of a new...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 30, July 28, 2010
A recent survey released by APIC during its annual conference found that half of infection...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 29, July 21, 2010
More than 75% of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in the state of Illinois were found to have...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 29, July 21, 2010
When Methodist Dallas Medical Center found a cluster of Acinetobacter baumannii in 2009, staff...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 28, July 14, 2010
CMS continues to place importance on the outpatient sector of healthcare. Last week the regulator...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 28, July 14, 2010
“The saying ‘more isn’t always better’ is true in the case of detergents...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 28, July 14, 2010
A study presented at the 37th Annual Conference and International Meeting of the APIC indicates...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
After reading this article, you will be able to:
Explain how Environment of Care...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
In May the CDC announced its partnership with the Premier healthcare alliance for a joint research...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
The Department of Industrial Relations? (DIR) Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 26, June 30, 2010
A study recently published in the July 23/30 issue of the Journal of the American Medical...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 23, June 9, 2010
Last week The Joint Commission announced modifications to its deemed status survey for ASCs...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 22, June 2, 2010
An April 21 HCPro webcast, “Infection Prevention Survey Strategies for ASCs: Comply with CMS...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 22, June 2, 2010
The Joint Commission announced that it has modified its deemed status survey for ambulatory surgery...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 21, May 26, 2010
Compliance with hepatitis B vaccination provisions are some of the stickier issues with...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 20, May 19, 2010
Premier Safety Institute is conducting a nationwide survey of healthcare facilities concerning...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 20, May 19, 2010
Nine hospitals in the greater Chicago area were flagged for unusually high central line bloodstream...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 19, May 12, 2010
As reported last week, OSHA is considering an infectious disease standard, and it looks as if there...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 18, May 5, 2010
Infection prevention bundles have been used more frequently in healthcare facilities, particularly...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
Essentially, a Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO)surveyor will look at the overall health of your IC...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston and Abington (PA) Memorial Hospital have both improved...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 16, April 21, 2010
The annual National Healthcare Quality Report compiled by the Agency for Healthcare Research and...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 16, April 21, 2010
Today at 1 p.m. EST, CMS and AAAHC surveyor Dawn McLane, and IC consultant Libby Chinnes will team...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 15, April 14, 2010
For healthcare facilities affected when the Steris System 1 (SS1) processor came under federal fire...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 14, April 7, 2010
Since the new CMS Conditions for Coverage, ASCs have been forced to look harder at the infection...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 14, April 7, 2010
Take this opportunity to share your expertise and be recognized by your peers in the...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Sentara Williamsburg (VA) Regional Medical Center (SWRMC) marked five years without a case of...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Authors of a new study, published in the January 7 New England Journal of Medicine, wanted to find...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 13, March 31, 2010
A recent report presented at the Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 10, March 10, 2010
You’ve probably seen a range of techniques to improve hand hygiene compliance, but none as...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 10, March 10, 2010
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Advocacy Committee (ASCAC) launched a new campaign his week for...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
Editor's note: This article was originally published in the December 2009 Briefings on The Joint...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 7, February 17, 2010
A new study published in the February issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology shows...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 6, February 10, 2010
An article recently published in Consumer Reports emphasizes the need to focus on reducing...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 4, January 27, 2010
A new and last-minute New Jersey state law requires ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) to begin...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 4, January 27, 2010
Researchers have created a new genomic tool with the ability to precisely track the spread of MRSA...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 3, January 20, 2010
A new law in Maine went into effect last week that requires all hospitals in the state to screen...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 3, January 20, 2010
Pennsylvania hospitals reported more than 13,000 HAIs in the second half of 2008, according to a...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Typically when IPs evaluate bloodstream infection rates, their initial thoughts turn to central...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 52, December 30, 2009
Last week the CDC and the Nevada State Health Division Bureau of Licensure released a detailed...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 50, December 16, 2009
On Friday the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) released its 2010...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 47, November 25, 2009
It’s a document we were all expecting at one point or another, but OSHA has officially...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 47, November 25, 2009
With new CMS IC regulations for ambulatory surgery centers (ASC), and millions of dollars going to...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 46, November 18, 2009
Last week Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 45, November 11, 2009
The Minnesota Hospital Association has added three new infection prevention measurements to its...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 42, October 21, 2009
Last week CMS clarified its position on flash sterilization in ambulatory surgery centers...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 41, October 14, 2009
Three years after being named one of the nation’s worst-performing nursing homes by the New...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 40, October 7, 2009
Last week the Joint Commission released official changes to the 2010 National Patient Safety Goals...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
Everyone needs a wake-up call now and then. For some, it’s reprimand from your boss. For...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 37, September 16, 2009
New Jersey state health officials have found 29 positive cases of hepatitis B linked to a New...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 35, September 2, 2009
State officials announced last week that all Maryland hospitals will be linked in a computerized...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
There isn’t a business in the United States that hasn’t felt the brunt of the recession...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 31, August 5, 2009
Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
For years, many MRI suites in hospitals and outpatient facilities have operated without proper IC...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
On May 18, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began enforcing the new...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 24, June 17, 2009
A state agency is monitoring Miami Children’s Hospital after a county report blamed a deadly...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 23, June 10, 2009
New infection control technology developed by University of Florida College of Medicine...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 23, June 10, 2009
On June 3, APIC announced its support for the use of automated surveillance technologies in the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 22, June 3, 2009
Five new infection control measures for outpatient clinics were passed last week by Nevada...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Although much of the focus of MDROs has been on MRSA, a relatively new, and potentially more...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 18, May 6, 2009
Siouxland Urology Center in Dakota Dunes, SD may have exposed more than 5,000 patients to hepatitis...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
It’s not uncommon for IPs to raise a caution flag when they hear the words “going...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 17, April 29, 2009
The Southwest Healthcare System in Wildomar, CA, could lose Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement in...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 16, April 22, 2009
On April 14, The Joint Commission released a free monograph intended to help healthcare...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 15, April 15, 2009
Hundreds of patients were potentially exposed to TB at three Chicago hospitals when a Northwestern...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 14, April 8, 2009
State regulators have temporarily suspended the medical license of Parvez Dara, MD, an oncologist...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 12, March 25, 2009
A March 2008 report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) called for more...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 3, March 1, 2009
Under Joint Commission standard IC.02.03.01, an organization must work to prevent the transmission...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 3, March 1, 2009
Tracking down the source of an infectious disease outbreak is the stuff television dramas are made...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 6, February 11, 2009
Last week, OSHA Healthcare Advisor posted news about a report from the Associated Press regarding a...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 5, February 4, 2009
In the healthcare setting, there are a tremendous amount of factors to consider during construction...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
In September 2008, an independent foundation that began by inspecting and evaluating Norwegian...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
A new 2009 Joint Commission standard requires hospitals to tell patients that the facility may need...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
At Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, TN, a team effort reduced MRSA rates among patients...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
Three of the five Joint Commission 2008 Ernest A. Codman Awards were bestowed on hospitals whose IC...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 4, January 28, 2009
There are plenty of airborne precautions for staff to follow when a tuberculosis (TB) patient...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 4, January 28, 2009
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that about a fifth of...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 2, January 14, 2009
Hospitals and nursing homes are among those institutions being urged to throw out containers of a...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 2, January 14, 2009
Be sure you are getting enough sleep to protect your health. People who get less than seven hours...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 1, January 7, 2009
New Jersey is the first state in the nation to require flu vaccinations for young school children...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
When a Joint Commission surveyor comes into your IC department, the first thing he or she will...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
Under Joint Commission standard IC.9.10, soon to become IC.01.02.01 in January after the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 9, November 26, 2008
Beginning last week, Boston became one of the first cities in the country to implement a system...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
Under the current Joint Commission standard IC.7.10, hospitals must identify a person or persons to...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
The Joint Commission's surveyors may be tough, but they're nothing compared with a natural...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
The Joint Commission has announced its 2009 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG), and they include...
