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FDA Updates
11/17/2023

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: KinderFarms, LLC Voluntarily Recalling all Kinder...

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  • Food and Drug Administration
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has published, in conjunction with over 35 federal agencies, a revamped Language Access Plan. Accordi...

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  • Department of Health and Human Services
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations
MRI Safety
11/15/2023

California OSHA recently issued a fine to Kaiser Permanente - Redwood City after concluding an investigation into an MRI accident that injured a nurse...

Sources:
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Relevant To:
  • Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Alert to inform health care professionals that multiple states have repo...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Clinical Lab,
  • Rural Health Clinics

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting that the number of babies born with syphilis in the United States is increasing...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Clinical Lab,
  • Rural Health Clinics

The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) published updates to the USP 797 on compounding sterile preparations in November 2022. Among the revisions are update...

Sources:
  • Miscellaneous
Relevant To:
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Pharmacy

On November 23, 2022, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule (87 FR 72293) that established Rural Emergency Hospi...

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  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals
FDA Updates
11/07/2023

The following is a listing of recent U.S. food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Do Not Use Certain Brands of Saline and Ste...

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  • Food and Drug Administration
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released updated General Compliance Program Guidance (GCP...

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  • Office of Inspector General
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

A long-standing best practice in health care settings is the correct and consistent use of rigid sharps disposal containers, which has been demonstrat...

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  • Environmental Protection Agency,
  • The Joint Commission
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

On November 2, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized Medicare payment rates for hospital outpatient and Ambulatory Su...

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  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is in the process of reviewing and updating their 2007 Isolation Precautions guideline, with...

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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
10/31/2023

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Certain Eye Drops by Several Major Brands: ...

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  • Food and Drug Administration
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The Agency for Healthcare Research an Quality (AHRQ’s) Network of Patient Safety Databases (NPSD) has published new chartbooks and upd...

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  • Miscellaneous
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

A recent U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vital Signs report highlights the growing mental health crisis for healthcare workers in this...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations