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Long-Term Care Survey Alert
2004 Newsletter
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Long-Term Care Survey Alert
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Published on Mon May 17, 2004
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Long-Term Care Survey Alert
Kitchen Sanitation:
Produce Safe Food - Not F Tags That Are Hard To Swallow
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Survey Citation:
Check Out This F371 Deficiency Excerpt
Surveyors view F371 violations as the ticket to helping prevent food-borne illness in nursing facilities, [...]
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Behavior Management:
Think Through Your 'Time Out' Procedures Before You End Up On The Outs With Surveyors
Here's what you definitely want to avoid when using this crisis-management technique. When residents'behavior escalates [...]
Risk Management:
When Fists Start Flying: You Need A Plan And Practice To Intervene
Otherwise, staff are more likely to accidentally injure residents in breaking up the melee, which [...]
Crisis Intervention:
Break It Up Safely: 7 Steps To Separate Residents Involved In A Physical Altercation
Physical altercations between residents require a plan and fast action. Here's what to do:
1. Coordinate the [...]
Medical Record Documentation:
8 Things You Never Want To Chart
Read this before you next put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard.
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Quality Assurance:
Audit Charts For These 4 Survey Hot Spots
Ask these key questions before surveyors beat you to the draw.
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Reader Question:
What to Do When Families Demand Residents Be Hospitalized
Question: How should our facility handle situations in which a resident's family member insists that [...]
Survey & Clinical News To Use:
Check out the latest round of revisions to the RAI user's manual. The Centers for [...]
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