Infection Prevention and Control Plan
Our Infection Prevention group is reviewing and updating the template they use to ensure we meet all infection prevention regulations. We are looking …
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Our Infection Prevention group is reviewing and updating the template they use to ensure we meet all infection prevention regulations. We are looking …
We use brushes to inspect lumened instruments. I was told by a surveyor that you cannot have brushes in prep and pack areas of central …
For approving medical staff privileges for a Governing Board Chairperson, Vice Chair, Secretary, appointment of the CEO, etc. are there defined …
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) governs how patients are transferred from one hospital to another. When a patient requests a …
Consent to treat signatures provide written acknowledgement by the patient or representative that the informed consent process occurred. How Often …
Paramedics are allowed to supplement nursing care in the ED as long as their practice is in accordance with their scope of practice regulation in …
The pharmacy line of demarcation separates the non-hazardous drug sterile compounding area (SGA) from the hazardous drug compounding section. What Is …
Question: Currently, our anesthesiologists are completing the anesthesiology assessment, not the H&P. The providers take the …
Question: I was rounding in our Endo Department and in one of the charts we reviewed, the patient signed a consent for a colonoscopy and the post …
HBS has acquired Patton Healthcare Consulting, Inc., a national practice that provides Joint Commission accreditation, CMS compliance consulting, …