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The March/April 2005 issue of Bioterrorism Watch can be found on-line exclusively for subscribers of Hospital Employee Health.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has set a 2005 patient safety goal for long-term settings to reduce the risk of influenza and pneumococcal disease.
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Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has determined that the laboratory is an essential service, meaning failure in the laboratory extends to failure in the hospital, a compliance consultant advises.
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Employers who want to do the right thing to confront musculoskeletal disorder hazards can expect more help from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration with case studies of best practices and increased outreach.
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The National Advisory Committee on Ergonomics completed its two-year term with recommendations and these statements about ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).
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For many hospitals, annual respirator fit-testing represents a costly and time-consuming burden. But these two hospitals found a way to manage fit-testing one by emphasizing just-in-time readiness, the other by expanding fit-testing into hospitalwide emergency preparedness. They shared their approach with Hospital Employee Health,
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has set patient safety goals for 2005 that include several high-profile infection control issues.
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The new patient flow standards from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) create opportunities for case managers to take the lead in their hospitals compliance and adherence initiatives, says Hussein A. Tahan, SNSc, RN, CNA.
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At one time, the emergency department (ED) at Seton Medical Center in Austin, TX, sometimes had to hold patients overnight because there wasn't a bed available, and local physicians complained that they could not get patients admitted when they needed to.
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Danbury (CT) Hospital takes a team approach to facilitating patient flow, with a series of initiatives coordinated by a multidisciplinary Discharge Admissions Review Team (DART) that meets regularly to assess whats working and what needs improvement to get patients in and out of the hospital safely.
