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Cost of sepsis readmissions exceeds $16,000 per patient

The annual estimated cost of sepsis readmissions is about half the annual cost of all four of the conditions in Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, recent research shows.

Newsletter Articles

Tune up your clinic security and safety for spring

As April gets into full swing, spring is on everyone’s minds. In some of the southern climes, some of you will be feeling the first effects of the warm season and (rightfully so) will want to enjoy it. In the clinic and the laboratory, however, it’s still important to remember that safety is paramount.

Keyes Q&A: Cross-corridor doors, hydraulic placards, HVAC, fire alarm testing

Each month, Brad Keyes, CHSP, owner of Keyes Life Safety Compliance, answers your questions about life safety compliance. Our editorial advisory board also reviews the Q&A column. Follow Keyes’ blog on life safety at www.keyeslifesafety.com for up-to-date information.  

Check your states for deadlines on the new hazardous waste pharmaceuticals rule

Let your pharmacists and anyone else in your organization who handle hazardous waste pharmaceuticals know that the ban on flushing those drugs down a drain or toilet will be specifically prohibited as of August 2019. The EPA’s new final rule on the management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals was published on February 22 in the Federal Register.


 

Mac's Safety Space

Keeping an eye on things: Managing behavioral health patients

Recently, our friends in Chicago added a new FAQ to the canon, this time reflecting on the use of video monitoring/electronic sitters for patients at high risk for suicide.


 

Editor's Picks

The CMS Conditions of Participation and Interpretive Guideline, 2019

March 21, 2019


 

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