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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reiterated its policy prohibiting multiple uses of vials labeled for single use in a letter to the agency’s state Survey Directors. #InfectionPrevention #PatientCare #PatientSafety
Survey-and-Cert-Letter-12-35.pdf
Flash sterilizaton clarification; clarifies what the meaning of the term, and how to distinguish appropriate from inappropriate use of flash sterilization. #LegislationorRegulation #ConditionsforCoverage #InfectionPrevention
CMS Flash Sterilization Memorandum.pdf
2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions. #InfectionPrevention #Guide
Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (CDC).pdf
checklist for use in ensuring that the facility has appropriate infection prevention policies and procedures in place and supplies to allow healthcare personnel to provide safe care. Also used to systematically assess personnel adherence to correct infection prevention practices. (Assessment of...
ambulatory-care-checklist-07-2011.pdf
Form CMS surveyors fill out on infection practices during certification visits. #Guide #InfectionPrevention
Safe Injection Practices - What CMS Surveyors Are Looking For.pdf
Evidence-based recommendations on the preferred methods for cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of patient-care medical devices and for cleaning and disinfecting the healthcare environment. #Guide #InfectionPrevention
CDC Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities 2008.pdf
Section of the worksheet CMS surveyors used to assess practices related to reprocessing of single-use devices. #ToolKitorWorksheet #Guide #InfectionPrevention
Single Use Device Reprocessing - What CMS Surveyors Are Looking For.pdf
Summary guide of infection prevention recommendations for outpatient (ambulatory care) settings. They reflect existing evidence-based guidelines produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. #Guide ...
standards-of-ambulatory-care-7-2011.pdf
Guide to using FDA informational database to find single-use device reprocessors #InfectionPrevention #Guide
How to Identify FDA-Registered Reprocessors of Single-Use Devices.pdf
Frequently asked questions. #InfectionPrevention #Guide
Reprocessing of Single.pdf
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