Category: cat-rtn_1502

  • RTN1502_A_Highlights

    State & Psychiatric Hospital Compliance Collaborative’s Reading Tips Newsletter (RTN) February 2015, Volume 10, Issue 2 * WHAT’S NEW & IMPORTANT for PSYCH HOSPITALS in FEBRUARY 2015 * New & Modified Features 1-Click Full Text Articles! – Premier members now have 1-click access to full text of the Joint Commission articles reviewed in this newsletter.  Simply go…

  • RTN1502_B1_Dental Clinic Surveys

     Recommended Readings, Tips & Pearls *PR: Dental Clinic Surveys: Clarification Regarding Infection Control and Environment of Care (PDF/QV) [REF:IC] Perspectives, February 2015, Vol 35, #2, Pg 3 JCp1502_B1 The good news is that TJC allows hospitals with dental clinics to choose for themselves the “compliance solutions that are most appropriate for their practice environment“. However,…

  • RTN1502_B2_Preparing for Infectious Disease Outbreak (Ebola)

    *TS: Emerging Threats: Preparing for Infectious Disease Outbreaks (PDF/QV) [REF: IC] The Source, February 2015, Vol 13, #2, Pg 1 JCs1502_B2 Although there have only been 2 deaths so far in the US from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the threat appears to have revealed weaknesses in the IC processes of many hospitals.  For example, staff…