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Joint Commission's Top 5 requirements identified most frequently as “not compliant”
Plus: CDC urges aggressive action to stop the spread of antibiotic-resistant germs
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Regulatory
Compliance + Operations
Data on telemedicine applications
Survey breaks down telemedicine's top users among health care systems and practices
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Compliance + Operations
FGI lays out telemedicine guidelines
New document takes proactive approach to set minimum standards and guidance for telemedicine settings
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Interview
Physical environments and high-quality care
Ken Monroe, director of engineering in the Joint Commission’s standards interpretation group, discusses compliance issues and answers
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My ASHE Messenger
Questions and answers from ASHE members
Members address storing hand sanitizer and strobes during fire drills
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Advocacy Advisor
Taking part in the ICC code-development cycle
How facilities professionals can help in the unification of health care codes and standards
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Risk Management
ASHE e-tool brings clarity to life safety risk assessments
Matrix helps to determine physical environment risk tolerance and document necessary ILSMs
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Compliance + Operations
Complying with door locking requirements
Decoding requirements of the 2012 Life Safety Code and the 2018 International Building Code
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Advocacy Adviser
Working to unify overlapping codes
ASHE works to ensure regulations are backed by data and are appropriate for health care
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Codes+Standards
Proposed changes to ASHRAE standard on health care ventilation open for public comment
Proposed addenda to Standard 170-2017, Ventilation of Health Care Facilities seek to change its scope and clarify its purpose
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