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RTN1408_A_Highlights
State & Psychiatric Hospital Compliance Collaborative’s Reading Tips Newsletter (RTN) August 2014, Volume 8, Issue 8 **WHAT’S NEW for August 2014 Article of the Month Strategies for Conducting a Proactive Risk Assessment[®] The Source, August 2014, Vol 12, #8, Pg 1 [Recommended for: PI, Phrm/P&T] – A Joint Commission suggestion/encouragement is often close to a recommendation…
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RTN1408_B1_Infection From Misuse of Vials
Recommended Readings, Tips & Pearls *PR: Sentinel Event Alert: New Alert Discusses Prevalence of Unsafe Injection Practices in Health Care[®] [REF:IC, P&T, RN] Perspectives, August 2014, Vol 34, #7, Pg 4 JCp1408_B1 Sentinel Event Alert 52, issued on 6/16/14, focuses our attention on the risk of prevention that can occur when appropriate infection prevention…
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RTN1408_B2_LD.04.04.05 Proactive Risk Assessment (FMEA)
*TS: Strategies for Conducting a Proactive Risk Assessment[®] [REF: Phrm/P&T, PI] The Source, August 2014, Vol 8, #1, Pg 1 JCs1408_B2 LD.04.04.05, EP10 requires hospitals to perform a proactive risk assessment at least every 18 months. However, TJC would actually encourage a greater frequency, particularly whenever a high-risk process is newly begun or modified. The…