••WHAT’S NEW:

• Fresh SPHCC
  • Guests & Visitors – Refurbishment of the SPHCC website is just about ready for your access. Change over to the new homepage is expected on 8/31/12. Just go to www.SPHCC.net as usual and you will be taken to a familiar but fresh SPHCC. See you there!
  • Current Members – Later this month, we will begin contacting each member directly. As part of the transition we will be updating your Custom Support Page (CSP). Your new CSP will serve as an individualized and more user-friendly homepage on our refreshed site. New features and the extension of your membership will be explained.

• Compliance Blog: Because the revised CMS Conditions of Participation include attention to nursing care planning, surveyors may look more closely for evidence of documentation. Are you ready? Do you know the 3 historical pitfalls to look out for? Join the discussion.

••RECOMMENDED READING:

• PR: Clarifications and Expectations: Managing Corridor Clutter—Part 1
• TS: TJC Gives Shot in the Arm to Health Care Personnel Influenza Vaccination Rates
• EC: To Lock or Not to Lock? Guidelines for door locking in health care occupancies

••DOWNLOADS:

• Survey and Cert Letter 12-35 [PDF, 124KB] (6/15/12) Safe Use of Single Dose/Single Use Medications to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections.
• AHRQ Guideline: The epilepsies: the diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children in primary and secondary care

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• EC News (EC): 2 more articles