Long-Term Care Survey Alert
Tool:
Arm Yourself With These Infection Surveillance Essentials
Published on Mon Nov 26, 2012 
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Test your facility's defenses with this checklist from the CDC. Can you affirm your facility's compliance on all counts?
Other Articles in this issue of
Long-Term Care Survey Alert
- Risk Management:
Prevent an Outbreak of F-441 Citations: Bolster Your Infection Control Program Now
Are you taking these 4 steps to stave off infections -- and survey scrutiny?
[...] - Compliance:
OIG Scrutinizes Hospice-SNF Relationships In The New Year
Plus: Medicare may prorate hospitals' payment for patients transferred to hospice.
The [...] - Did You Know?:
Bone Up on Pets and Infection Control
A study published this year in the
American Journal of Infection Control notes [...] - Quality of Care:
Shore Up Your ADL Care Practices With 4 Key Tactics
Are you missing important signals that residents need added assistance?
Your facility [...] - Tool:
Arm Yourself With These Infection Surveillance Essentials
Test your facility's defenses with this checklist from the CDC. Can you affirm your [...] - Compliance:
Avoid Citations for F314 Pressure Sores With This Guideline Review
Make sure you are following the SOM requirements at §483.25(c).
The Medicare [...] - Clinical Round Up:
Here's Another Reason Why Smoking Is A Health Hazard
Smoking is not simply injurious to health
-- it can impair your memory, [...] - Staffing Strategies:
Supervise Your Supervisor In 4 Simple Steps
"Managing upwards" is not manipulation -- it's cultivating a productive relationship so everyone wins.
[...] - What Do You Think?
The following Q&A was provided courtesy of
Marilyn Mines, RN, BSN, RAC-CT, BC, [...]
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