The FDA has now finalized the 2024 guidance for 510(k) information required for sterilization of reusable medical devices with some...

This article begins to highlight the need for effective contract performance documentation and evaluation. You must place specific,...

On Sept 23, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) revised its guidance related to masking in healthcare facilities. The new guidance...

On April 2021 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a letter to providers to communicate issues with reprocessed urological...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Safety Healthcare Network (CDC NHSN) published in January guidance for the...

Becton, Dickinson and Company have issued a voluntary recall of the 2Hi-Lite Orange™ 26 mL Applicator (2% w/w chlorhexidine gluconate...

Remember when that overhead announcement is made regarding The Joint Commission being in the building, and the activity that occurs at...

ANSI/AAMI have updated ANSI/AAMI ST79:2017 Comprehensive Guide to Steam Sterilization and Sterility Assurance in Health Care Facilities. ...

CMS has updated its COVID-focused Infection Control Worksheet for Acute and Continuing Care. This aligns practices with the CDC...

Effective 1 Jan 2021, Medication Management (MM) standard 04.01.01 element of performance (EP) 2 will include details for the...

The CDC has updated the definition for contact exposure time from 15 consecutive minutes to 15 minutes over a 24 hour period. This is...

Just in case you haven't noticed, it is an election year! As Americans look forward to exercise their right to vote for the candidate of...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had originally approved an Emergency Use Authorization on 1 May 2020 for passive protective...

The Joint Commission has issued a prepublication standard note effective September 13, 2020 to RC.02.01.01, EP 2. This note will allow...

Per HHS published memo "COVID-19 Guidance for Hospital Reporting and FAQs For Hospitals, Hospital Laboratory, and Acute Care Facility...

The FDA revised one criterion for Emergency Use Autorization (EUA) for Non-NIOSH-Approved disposable FFPs manufactured in China. As a...

On 11 April 2020, the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) issued guidance regarding operational considerations during the COVID-19 pandemic....

A Joint Statement has been released by the American College of Surgeons, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Association of...

Is it safe to use a PAPR in the operating room? Is it necessary to use a PAPR for COVID-19 patients? These are questions that should be...

On March 13, 2020, in response to guidance given by the CDC to hospitals in the outbreak areas of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19),...