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FDA Updates
09/22/2022

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: FDA Issues Immediately-In-Effect Guidance R...

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  • Food and Drug Administration
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Project Firstline is a collaboration between the CDC and more than 75 health care, a...

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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), currently, there are more than 61,000 reported cases of monkeypox infection&nb...

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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Home Health,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility,
  • Clinical Lab,
  • Rural Health Clinics

Tomorrow, September 17, 2022, is World Patient Safety Day and this year’s theme “Medication Safety” focuses on acknowledging and add...

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  • Miscellaneous
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  • All Healthcare Organizations

The Joint Commission (TJC) has announced that the agency will be conducing a review of all TJC requirements to identify those requirements that go &ld...

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  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
09/15/2022

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Baxter Healthcare Corporation Recalls Clear...

Sources:
  • Food and Drug Administration
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has identified an increasing number of vulnerabilities posed by unpatched medical devices that run on outdat...

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  • Miscellaneous
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

DNV Healthcare has issued a new Advisory Notice applicable to DNV-accredited acute care, critical access, and psychiatric hospitals. According to the ...

Sources:
  • National Integrated Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations (DNV)
Relevant To:
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Behavioral Health - Inpatient

Earlier this year the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued updated guidance for Long Term Care (LTC) surveyors and stakeholders. Th...

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  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Long Term Care

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), healthcare providers and hospitals in several regions of the United States has noti...

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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
09/08/2022

Notice: FDA Updates The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: Abbott MitraClip Device: P...

Sources:
  • Food and Drug Administration
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The Joint Commission (TJC) has released Sentinel Event data from the first half of 2022. Understanding commonalities in sentinel event alerts across o...

Sources:
  • The Joint Commission
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendations fo...

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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

September is Sepsis Awareness Month and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is encouraging healthcare professionals to share Get...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Dialysis Facilities,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Home Health,
  • Hospitals,
  • Long Term Care,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Office-Based Surgery,
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility,
  • Clinical Lab,
  • Hospice,
  • Rural Health Clinics

The Joint Commission (TJC) is seeking input from the field on a new Assisted Living Community (ALC) Memory Care Certification (MCC) program which is b...

Sources:
  • The Joint Commission
Relevant To:
  • Assisted Living