Adjusting to the New Preventive Maintenance Realities
At a session at the June 2014 annual AAMI conference, George Mills of The Joint Commission outlined the new realities of preventive maintenance.
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CMS Restricts Use of Power Strips in Healthcare Facilities
George Mills, director of engineering for The Joint Commission, announced Sunday that the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be imposing significant new restrictions on the use of power strips.
Read MoreHealthcare Environmental Management Course
A weeklong certification course beginning on March 31 at the ECRI Institute is designed to provide hospital facility professionals with the skills needed to prepare for Joint Commission surveys and improve their hazard assessment and control skills.
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Taming the Clinical Alarm Hazard
With The Joint Commission’s mandate to improve management of alarms now in effect, hospitals are now going all out to inventory their systems. To establish alarm management as an organizational priority, top hospital leadership must set the tone.
Read MoreVBA 2014 Winter Meeting
The annual Winter Meeting of the Virginia Biomedical Association will be held on Friday, February 7, at the Wintergreen Resort. The featured speaker at the event is Joseph Flannery, MS, MHA, discussing new developments at The Joint Commission.
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