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Operational Excellence, Compliance and Operations
FDA updates requirements for hyperbaric chambers
The Food and Drug Administration's adoption of new standards could create conflicts with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regulations.
Operational Excellence, Compliance and Operations
CMS updates immediate jeopardy guidance for clinical laboratories
New guidance allows laboratories to delay immediate jeopardy effects under certain conditions.
Compliance and Operations, Operational Excellence
DNV changes its accreditation process
The accrediting organization updated its surveying requirements for documentation access and review.
Construction, Construction Compliance
Resilient design standard open for public comment
The American Society of Civil Engineers has proposed updates to its standard ASCE 24, Flood Resistant Design and Construction.
Compliance and Operations, Engineering Compliance
Watch live broadcasts of the upcoming ICC hearings
The International Code Council will be livestreaming hearings from April 7-16 of its Group A Code proposals, including several submitted by the Committee on Health Care.
Compliance and Operations, Architecture Compliance
AORN’s Guideline for Sterile Technique open for public comment
Health care facilities managers can help shape recommendations for operating room air quality.
Compliance and Operations
CMS provides guidance on two surveyor updates
Two recent QSO letters clarify survey processes for reporting patient safety documentation and rural emergency hospitals.
Facility Engineering
ASPR TRACIE releases utility outages resources
The resource details the impact of natural disasters and adverse weather events on water and other utilities.
Compliance and Operations, Architecture Compliance
CMS updates guidance on nursing home visitation
The updates ease visitation recommendations and provide guidance to align with the COVID-19 public health emergency expiration.
Compliance and Operations, Engineering Compliance, Architecture Compliance
Tracking news and updates from CMS
A list of memos, guidance and other news and updates from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.