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ASCs Can Avoid Common Mistakes When Writing Plans of Correction

Ambulatory surgery centers have been subjected to frequent regulatory surveys since a Las Vegas center was linked in 2008 to a cluster of hepatitis C cases.

Tips to Prevent Cyberattacks

Cybercrime prevention requires a plan for how to back up data, assess a system for vulnerabilities, manage cybersecurity, and handle regulatory and legal repercussions should a breach occur.

Cyber Criminals Increase Damaging Attacks Against Healthcare Organizations

‘Ransomware’ is latest threat.

Mumps Outbreaks Widely Reported

Given the current outbreaks of mumps in the U.S. and the similar surge in measles the last few years, the last thing employee health professionals need is people avoiding the MMR vaccine and not immunizing their children.

Tuberculosis Proving Difficult to Reduce in U.S.

With the recent commemoration of World TB Day, the CDC reported that tuberculosis continues to decline in the United States, but not on a pace to reach the goal of tuberculosis eradication.

The Ethical Quandary of Moral Distress

Clinicians need to cultivate “moral efficacy” — the ability to recognize, deliberate, and act in ways that are aligned with their personal and professional ethical standards.

Expect Zika Return, Reinforce HCW Safety

Employee health professionals should prepare for the return of Zika virus, as the CDC expects the mosquito-borne infection threat to return to the U.S. as the warmer months arrive.

Canada Faces a Surge in Healthcare Violence

While OSHA continues to promulgate a violence prevention regulation, our neighbors to the north are dealing with a similar problem of threatened healthcare workers.

Training for Toxic Work Culture Should Start in Nursing School

While often seen as separate and disturbingly distinct, incivility, bullying, and violence in healthcare are actually connected across a common culture of toxicity.

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