Hurricane season is upon us. The flu season is looming, and COVID-19 continues. In the midst of all of this, hospice and home health organizations need to ensure their emergency preparedness policies and procedures are reviewed and updated at least every two years. Within recent years, the healthcare industry has faced multiple changes—COVID related, emerging…
Tag: infection control
OSHA General Duty Clause
With the approach of Labor Day, the US pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of its workers. Recent years’ events have been intense as healthcare organizations have worked hard to keep their employees safe from COVID-19. OSHA standards play a large part of protecting workers in healthcare settings with standards for bloodborne pathogens, personal…
Breaking News Alert: The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency isn’t over yet.
Sigh. Raise your hand if you thought this virus would be gone by now. The healthcare community and public are being overloaded with information—masks or no masks, boosters or no boosters—and on and on. OSHA recently announced it is holding public hearings in the next 10 days regarding a final standard to protect healthcare…
Continuity of Business
Although the COVID-19 Pandemic is not over, many business are returning to daily operations and navigating the post-pandemic fall out. There are several steps your agency can take to prepare for State survey. Updating/creating policies to adhere to stringent infection control guidelines and vaccine guidance Updating your Emergency Preparedness Plan to include newly released Interpretive…
Home Health Infection Control
The OIG will be interviewing corporate officers from the three largest home health agencies.
