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As StayAlert! previously reported, The Joint Commission (TJC) recently announced revisions to the Environment of Care and Life Safety accreditation re...

Sources:
  • The Joint Commission
Relevant To:
  • Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
  • Ambulatory Care

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Advisory about early, elevated respiratory disease incidence caused by multip...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Rural Health Clinics
FDA Updates
11/09/2022

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Teleflex Announces Worldwide Recall of Gibe...

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

Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) is a germ that causes severe diarrhea, which can be life-threatening. It can affect anyone and is usually asso...

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Update as a follow-up to a HAN Health Advi...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Clinical Lab,
  • Pharmacy,
  • Rural Health Clinics

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated guidance for clinicians providing pain care, including those prescribing opioids, ...

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

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated its Medicare Compliance Tips website to reflect the latest improper payment rate...

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Advisory to emphasize the importance of following existing recommendations fo...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Rural Health Clinics

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published updated guidance, 10-Step Blueprint for Managing Pharmaceutical Waste in US Healthcare Fa...

Sources:
  • Environmental Protection Agency
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a revised memorandum to notify the State Agencies (SA) and other stakeholders tha...

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

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reminding health care providers and the public that coadministration of the COVID-19 vacc...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Assisted Living,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Home Health,
  • Hospitals,
  • Long Term Care,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Pharmacy,
  • Rural Health Clinics

In September 2022 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations ...

Sources:
  • The Joint Commission,
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
10/26/2022

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc. Initiates Volunt...

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

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...

Sources:
  • Miscellaneous
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), cybersecurity incidents and data breaches continue ...

Sources:
  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations