November, 2016

Substance Abuse Disorder in Nursing

Hippocrates trainings for the Long Term Care facilities:

NE Assistant Commissioner Letter

NW Assistant Commissioner Letter

October, 2016

CMS EP Breakdown – New Regulations

Speaker Contacts

New Jersey Department of Health News

CDC Public Health Advisory

August, 2016

Northeastern Basic Course for Principles of Infection Prevention and Control Fall 2016

CW assistant commissioner letter

July, 2016

NJDOH LINCS – Global Emergence of Invasive Infections Caused by MDR Yeast Candida auris

From Our June 7th Meeting

HIPAA Audit Progarm

Infection Prevention -June 2016 SCC

OSHA Presentation – Zika Virus – PDF

Sasso Consulting- Survey Tags

SCC Presentation – June 7th

May, 2016

A Program For Ambulatory Care Facilities

“Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization: Complying With the Standards…Ensuring Patient Safety”

2016 Brochure

February 11th – 2016

APIC POSITION PAPER: SAFE INJECTION, INFUSION, AND MEDICATION

VIAL PRACTICES IN HEALTH CARE (2016)

Read the Article Here

August 21st – 2015

Mandatory Reporting for License ASC 

Important Information Regarding Reporting

Reportable Events Form Reference Guide #5 NJDOH

ASC – March 17, 2014

Hippocrates – PowerPoint

Statute – Reportable Events unrelated to the Patient Safety Act

August, 2015

“Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization

Complying With the Standards…Ensuring Patient Safety”

A Program for Ambulatory Care Facilities

November 11-12, 2015

Save the Dates

August, 2015

Register for the webinar:

Infection Control Plan: Maintaining Compliance with the CMS Conditions for Coverage with the ASC Infection Control Plan

Tuesday, September 1, 2015 | 1:00PM CDT (2:00PM EDT)

Participants will explore the role and responsibilities of the Infection Control Professional to comply with accreditation standards and regulatory authorities. Participants will examine internal and external reporting methods and requirements via the National Health and Safety Network (NHSN).

March, 2015

CMS Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program Deadline Extended for ASC-8 (Healthcare Personnel Influenza Vaccination Data)

The annual deadline for ASCs to submit ASC-8: Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Personnel data has been extended to August 15, 2015 from the original date of May 15, 2015.

ASCs now have until August 15, 2015 to report their healthcare worker influenza vaccination summary data for the 2014/2015 flu season (October 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015).

These data are to be reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) as a requirement of CMS’ ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR). To submit these data, ASCs must enroll in NHSN a minimumof 8 weeks before the new data submission deadline of August 15, 2015. If your ASC has not yet begun the enrollment process, it is important to do so immediately, as a further delay could cause you to not be enrolled in time to complete your facility’s healthcare worker influenza vaccination reporting by the deadline. This extension is to ensure that ASCs have the maximum time possible to meet this important quality reporting requirement during this initial implementation year.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines the NHSN enrollment process in their 5-Step Enrollment for Ambulatory Surgery Center Facilities, http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/ACS/ASC-EnrollmentChecklist.pdf, and provides tools and resources. For ASCs needing assistance with locating their CMS Certification Number (CCN), a Look-Up tool is available from the ASCQR Program Support Contractor.

To aid ASCs in the NHSN enrollment process, an educational session with CDC is planned; additional information regarding this session will be available in the near future.

For any other questions related to NHSN enrollment or reporting, please contact the NHSN Helpdesk at NHSN@cdc.gov.

 CMS Interpretive Guidelines

Handouts – How to Comply with Recent Changes

 NJHCSA Information for registration

2015-AC Registration Form

 February, 2015

New ASC Quality Control Guide for 2015

ASC QC ImplementationGuide 3.0 January 2015

New CMS Regulations

Revised Guidance Related to New & Revised Regulations for Hospitals,

Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs),

Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and

Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)

December, 2014:

Mixing of Dantrolene Sodium

John Karwoski, President and Founder of JDJ Consulting, discusses the importance of preparation for a Malignant Hyperthermia (MH) crisis.

This video demonstrates the mixing of Dantrium or Revolto (dantrolene sodium) with sterile water for treatment of MH.

Also:

View the latest NHSN Guidelines:

HCP Vaccination Summary Reporting

Enrolling in the Influenza Component

Updated November, 2014

New Ebola Guidelines

For Evaluations of Patients with Possible Ebola

For more information: http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/

New Regulations on Prescription Pads

New Jersey Prescription Blank Deadline Extended

Download the Document

From Our June Meeting:

Medivator’s BioFilm Presentation:

Biofilm

Richard Maglin’s Presentation On

Lower Reimbursement Strategies

Maglins Strategies and Options Physicians are Exploring PDF

Strategies and Options Physicians are Exploring PPT

MAGLIN ~ ArticleOnly

Rapid HIV information

CMS Approved PT Provider List

CLIS Prelicensure Checklist

C-3

CL-9

John Karwoski’s Presentation

Download the Presentation

Power Strips

Download The Documentation

Opioid CME Events

Here is information for three regional events that we are doing with the Partnership for a Drug Free NJ: http://drugfreenj.org/donoharm/

We did our first regional event at Hackensack Hospital back in October, which was a great success and was covered on NJTV.

Download The Course Brochure

About: Clorox Bleach

Clorox Healthcare Bleach Germicidal Cleaner – Customer Letter

From Our March 19th Meeting:

ICD 10 Presentation SCC

Infection Control- Kassai

Pharmacy- John

QA Presentation 3-19-14

Anesthesia Guidelines

DOH NJ Need to Know!! New Info!

How do you convince ACCs that they need to develop an infection prevention plan?

Dr. McCaulley: It’s education and awareness on the part of the administrative staff and those involved in infection control, having them do some “what ifs?” They should read and understand what is in the guidelines, and have a discussion among the decision-makers of the ACC about how their facility could be affected and what they need to be able to respond. They should use the guidelines to develop their own protocols for how they will manage different types of disasters.

They need to recognize that a variety of scenarios could qualify as disasters — not just infections, such as the influenza outbreaks we have all lived through, but natural disasters, such as the tsunami in Japan, and even bioterrorism. A disaster can manifest in many different ways. The guideline can also be used to help ACCs develop their own educational materials for preparing their staff.”

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“An ACC is any freestanding healthcare facility staffed by 1 or more healthcare professionals that provides services on an outpatient basis, but does not include overnight stays for patients. Examples of ACCs are community-based primary care centers, urgent care centers, dialysis centers, outpatient diagnostic centers (eg, laboratory or radiology), and ambulatory surgery centers. ACCs may or may not have a direct hospital affiliation.”

From: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/811214?nlid=33916_436