Advance Directive Admissions Process – Missing Documentation
Our team is noticing inconsistencies in documentation of the Advance Directive process during admission during medical record review. ...
Read More Are you meeting the Discharge Planning Expectations?
Having a robust, detailed discharge planning process is more important now than ever before. Our patients are older, ...
Read More A Guide to Navigating a Surveyor’s Evaluation Process
When survey time is drawing close, staff always wonder, "What are the surveyors going to be looking for ...
Read More Fall Prevention Strategies During Winter Months
Slush, sleet, black ice, and snow-every winter, these weather phenomena contribute to slips, trips, and falls. For the ...
Read More Wintertime Prevention of Respiratory Infections
Colds, flu, and other respiratory illnesses are more common in colder months. People are indoors more often, allowing ...
Read More How Expanding Competency in Eyewash Station Use Enhances Safety
Earlier in 2024, The Joint Commission added a new aspect to the assessment of competency expectations. This aspect ...
Read More Understand the Requirements for Eyewash Stations
At a recent speaking engagement, we received numerous questions related to eyewash stations and thought this would be ...
Read More Medication Titration Orders – Clarifying the Requirements
Recently during our presentation at a conference there were several questions asked about the requirements for titration orders. ...
Read More Validating Chemical Concentrations
Decades ago there was a chemical company slogan, "Better Living Through Chemistry". It's true that chemicals do support ...
Read More The Importance of Correct Temperature for Disinfectant Effectiveness
The use of disinfectants in both instrument reprocessing and sanitizing food service dishware is critical in the infection ...
Read More Sterile vs. Dirty Storage: Keeping Them Properly Separated
The age-old conundrum of fitting a round peg into a square hole is a lot like storing medical ...
Read More Consents- Let’s Complete Them Correctly
What is an informed consent and why is it important? Informed consent is a process in which patients ...
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