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FDA Updates
03/13/2023

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Baxter Issues Urgent Medical Device Correct...

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

In February 2023, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, the American Ho...

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) titled “Interim Clini...

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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Pharmacy,
  • Rural Health Clinics
FDA Update
03/08/2023

Notice: FDA Update The following is a listing of recent US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Delsam Pharma Artificia...

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

The Joint Commission recently published revisions to performance improvement standard PI.01.01.01, Element of Performance 4. The revisions are applica...

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  • The Joint Commission
Relevant To:
  • Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Office-Based Surgery

The Joint Commission (TJC) recently issued new FAQs, applicable to Hospital and Hospital Clinics and Critical Access Hospital accreditation programs, ...

Sources:
  • The Joint Commission
Relevant To:
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Advisory to notify clinicians and public health authorities of an increase in...

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Advisory to notify clinicians and public health officials about a confir...

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

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to update information  about efforts and changes coinciding with the end of the ...

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  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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  • All Healthcare Organizations

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued proposed permanent rules for the prescribing of controlled medications via telemedicine, expandin...

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  • Miscellaneous
Relevant To:
  • Assisted Living,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
  • Dialysis Facilities,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Community Mental Health Centers,
  • Long Term Care,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Office-Based Surgery,
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility,
  • Pharmacy,
  • Behavioral Health - Inpatient,
  • Hospice,
  • Rural Health Clinics

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) is alerting the public to a fraud scheme that uses social me...

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  • Department of Health and Human Services,
  • Office of Inspector General
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
02/27/2023

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Abbott Trifecta Valves: Potential Risk of E...

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been monitoring an increase in extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Shigella infections...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Home Health,
  • Hospitals,
  • Long Term Care,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Clinical Lab,
  • Pharmacy,
  • Rural Health Clinics
FDA Updates
02/23/2023

The following is a listing of recent US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Evaluation of Airborne Chemicals from Neonata...

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

As StayAlert! has previously reported, based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal...

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  • Department of Health and Human Services
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations