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The latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality.
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Featured Story | | Nurses Urge CDC to Reinstate Universal Masking | | Noting that the "COVID-19 pandemic is far from over," with most states seeing increasing cases, National Nurses United (NNU) sent a letter Monday to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) asking the agency to once again recommend that masks be worn in public to reduce the increasing spread of the virus. |
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News & Analysis | | OIG Cites CMS for Poor Risk Assessments | | The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently investigated The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to check whether the agency, which oversees patient safety at hundreds of U.S. hospitals, considers national security as part of its enterprise risk management (ERM) process. |
| Improving Pregnancy Health: How We Can Predict Challenges Sooner | | A team of physicians are working on groundbreaking research into pregnancy-related cell-free RNA (cfRNA) to develop a simple blood test that would enable early detection of conditions like preterm birth, preeclampsia, and gestational diabetes. The test uses a small blood sample to analyze tens of thousands of molecular transcripts from the mother, baby, and placenta. |
| AORN Updates Skin Antisepsis Guidelines: What This Means for Organizations | | Facilities had relied on research prior to official guidelines, which makes the update to AORN’s response impactful. The AORN adds their voice to the World Health Organization, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, as well as the CDC and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. |
| Patient Safety NOW: Online Summit | | Patient Safety Now is PSQH’s exclusive online summit taking place on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. This free event features four sessions, run by industry leaders, focused on providing superior level of safety for your patients. |
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| Product Spotlight | | Life safety expert and independent consultant Brad Keyes, CHSP, provides a practical, strategic approach to the life safety survey process. He walks you through a room-by-room, floor-by-floor analysis of the life safety measures you must have in place to avoid costly citations. The book simplifies Joint Commission standards and CMS requirements and focuses on ways to pass your next life safety survey. Order now! | | |
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