EOC

Preparing for and responding to emergencies is a crucial aspect of accreditation requirements for healthcare facilities. Accreditation bodies such as AAAHC, CMS, The Joint Commission, and QUAD A all require their affiliated facilities to have comprehensive emergency preparedness and response plans in place.  Ensuring this practice at your healthcare facility is no simple task. It …

Accreditation surveys are a crucial aspect of maintaining the highest standards in healthcare facilities. Compliance with hand wash hygiene practices is particularly important in preventing the spread of infections. Let’s explore the essential steps to prepare for an accreditation survey, focusing on the significance of hand wash hygiene for patient safety and staff well-being. Accreditation …

The responsibility of regulatory compliance within the environment of care is usually on an administrator or a compliance officer. But in many facilities, it falls on the shoulders of nurses. We’ve spoken with Kristy Norman, Director of Nursing at Surgecenter of Louisville, a 4 OR and 1 PR surgery center, about handling it all. Kristy, …

The role of the sterile processing department in ASCs and hospitals is crucial for patient safety. These unsung heroes of every healthcare facility make sure that all medical supplies and equipment are both sterile and processed for patient care. All the while keeping track of each item and task to reduce any possible risk of …

The entire Sterile Processing Department depends on precisely following a multitude of processes and procedures that must be carefully documented. These documents play an important role when it comes to the survey preparation or identifying a sterilization cycle record for the failed sterilizer load. Paper Sterile Processing Records are: Difficult to trace Not centralized Susceptible …