Articles Tagged With: inspections
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OSHA Finalizing COVID-19 Rule in Healthcare Settings
OSHA has briefly reopened comments and slated a public hearing for April 27 as it moves to finalize its Emergency Temporary Standard to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19. -
OSHA Announces COVID Inspections in Hospitals, SNFs
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced a temporary increase in “focused” inspections of hospitals and skilled nursing facilities that treat or handle COVID-19 patients.
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Prepare for OSHA Facility Inspections
OSHA inspections require preparation for the best results. Healthcare facilities must meet certain industry-specific requirements. -
OSHA, CMS Step Up Hospital Inspections
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a National Emphasis Program to ensure that employees in high-hazard industries, such as healthcare, are protected from contracting SARS-CoV-2.
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FDA Answers Audit Questions from Researchers, Industry
The Food and Drug Administration issued new guidance on inspections during the COVID-19 pandemic, as the agency began to resume domestic inspections in July.
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NC nurses examining policy on assisting in executions
Physician groups' opposition to doctors participating in death penalty executions has put a moratorium on prisoner executions in North Carolina for nearly a year, and now a group of nurses are following the lead of their state's physician licensing board. -
Hospice as continuation of care, not just end of the road
Hospice evolved from the need to provide medical and social support to terminally ill patients in the last weeks of their lives. -
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