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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has endorsed the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation t...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
06/24/2022The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: BD Announces Voluntary Recall on Intraosseo...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Joint Commission (TJC) has published Sentinel Event 65, addressing the patient safety issue of diagnostic overshadowing among groups experiencing ...
- The Joint Commission
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Joint Commission has approved several new and revised Emergency Management chapter standards, applicable to their Hospital and Critical Acces...
- The Joint Commission
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
Monkeypox in Healthcare Settings
06/21/2022As StayAlert! has previously reported, The U.S Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking multiple cases of monkeypox that have been ...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Joint Commission (TJC) recently published Quick Safety 65, which reviews safety considerations for commercially prepared sterile supplies an...
- The Joint Commission
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
- Urgent Care,
- Dialysis Facilities,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Long Term Care,
- Office-Based Surgery,
- Clinical Lab,
- Pharmacy,
- Rural Health Clinics
FDA Updates
06/17/2022The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Mod...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Joint Commission is seeking comment on proposed new and revised requirements related to emergency management surge management. The new requirement...
- The Joint Commission,
- Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has issued new guidance on how covered health ...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
Monkeypox Transmission
06/13/2022The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently posted updated information about Monkeypox transmission. According to the CDC, ...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- All Healthcare Organizations
United States Representatives Dean and Bucshon have introduced the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act. This bill, modeled a...
- Miscellaneous
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently made updates to the regulatory tags and interpretive guidelines to reflect seve...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers
Violence in Health Care Settings
06/07/2022Last week was filled with unsettling news for healthcare organizations. A shooting at a medical center in Tulsa, OK, was allegedly carried out by a pa...
- Miscellaneous,
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
06/07/2022The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: Philips Respironics Recalls All V60 and V60 Plus ...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
National Time Out Day
06/06/2022National Time Out Day is on June 8th and is intended to bring attention to the serious issue of wrong site surgery. The surgical time out is designed ...
- The Joint Commission
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Office-Based Surgery