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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expanding the use of a booster dose for COVID-19 vaccines in eligible populations. The agency is amendi...
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FDA Updates
10/20/2021The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: Potential for Medication Overdose with ENFit Low ...
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Joint Commission has just released Quick Safety #62, addressing organizational-wide cybersecurity and the need for health care organizations to cultiv...
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated the list of high-risk underlying conditions (based on what has been reported in ...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
- Assisted Living,
- Urgent Care,
- Dialysis Facilities,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Home Health,
- Hospitals,
- Long Term Care,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Office-Based Surgery,
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility,
- Rural Health Clinics
Global Handwashing Day
10/15/2021Each year on October 15, Global Handwashing Day highlights the importance of handwashing with soap and water at home, in the community, and around the...
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Magellan Diagnostics, Inc. and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have issued notifications about the expansion of Magellan Diagnostics&rsquo...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Urgent Care,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Clinical Lab,
- Rural Health Clinics
CDC Releases Preliminary Information and Details about Potential Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination
10/13/2021The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released preliminary Pediatric COVID-19 vaccination operational planning information tha...
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending consideration of the following practices when SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza virus...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Assisted Living,
- Long Term Care
Intraoperative pathology reports can be vital tools for decision making during surgical procedures. According to a new Frequently Asked Question poste...
- The Joint Commission
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Clinical Lab
FDA Updates
10/08/2021The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: FDA Issues Final Order and Guidance on Surg...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is revising their draft guidance, Hospital and Health System Compounding Under Section 503A of the Federal...
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The Joint Commission has announced that the agency has started using a “hybrid survey approach” with a document review surveyor (DRS). Acc...
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FDA Updates
10/05/2021The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated and activities: Risk of Device Component Breaking in Patien...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a new resource, Best Practices for Communicating Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities to Patients, tha...
- Food and Drug Administration
- Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued guidance to help the public understand when the H...
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- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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