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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the 2023 recommended immunization schedules. Changes and updates in this y...
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According to a new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vital Signs report, Health Disparities in Hemodialysis-Associated Staphy...
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A recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settlement with Banner Health Affiliated Covered Entities (...
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FDA Updates
02/03/2023The following is a listing of recent US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated and activities: FDA Warns Consumers Not to Purchase or Use Ez...
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Outbreak of Extensively Drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Associated with Artificial Tears
02/02/2023The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Advisory about infections with an extensively drug-resistant strain of Verona...
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In a communication to Congress, the Biden Administration has announced its intention to allow the COVID-19 National and Public Health Emergency (PHE) ...
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CMS Revises Hospice Survey Protocol
01/30/2023The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has modified the hospice survey protocol to refine the focus on quality of care. Understandi...
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FDA Updates
01/27/2023The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: Emergent Recalls Certain RSDL (Reactive Skin Deco...
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The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that more than two dozen individuals have been charged in the Southern District of Florida for their alle...
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The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved revisions to three required Medicare beneficiary notices. CMS has added revised...
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A recent article in ASHE’s Health Facilities Management Magazine raises awareness about fire safety issues related to micromobility devices in h...
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Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) are a new provider type established by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 to address the growing concern over ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued immediate-in-effect guidance on compounding certain ibuprofen products in an effort to imp...
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As part of the continuing efforts under the Biden Administration’s initiative to improve nursing home transparency, safety and quality, and acco...
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In conjunction with a new Sentinel Event Alert addressing maternal mortality, The Joint Commission (TJC) has published a new Quick Safety report ...
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