FDA: Stop Using Certain Syringes and Needles with Needle Safety Devices Manufactured by HAIOU
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recommending healthcare facility risk managers, procurement staff, and healthcare providers stop using certain syringes and needles with needle safety devices manufactured by…
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FL Behavioral Healthcare Center Agrees to Revamp Its Workplace Violence Prevention Program after OSHA Investigation
The US Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has reached a settlement with a Fort Myers behavioral healthcare and residential treatment facility to prevent future employee injuries after…
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In Washington’s LTCs, COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Have Plummeted, but Outbreaks Remain
In early April, the number of Washington long-term care facilities reporting at least one active COVID-19 case reached its lowest point in a year, since the start of the pandemic.
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NY Doctor to Pay Fine for Failing to Safeguard Controlled Substance Prescribing Token and Password
Dr. Nora Meaney-Elman, a Williamsville physician, has agreed to pay $60,000 to resolve allegations that she violated the Controlled Substances Act by failing to safeguard the token and password she…
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Lawsuit: New York Hospital Negligent as Patient Ran Amok with Scissors
A former nursing student at Ellis Hospital who was stabbed in the neck during a rampage by a scissors-wielding patient last year is suing the medical facility in state Supreme…
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OCR Provides Technical Assistance to Arizona to Ensure Crisis Standards of Care Protect against Age and Disability Discrimination
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has resolved a complaint against the State of Arizona involving its crisis standards of…
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Nursing home staff, firefighters rescue man from fire at Ohio nursing facility
Firefighters, paramedics, and nursing home staff broke through a window to rescue a resident during a fire at a nursing facility, according to officials at the Blue Ash Fire Department.
Read More »PHCA Testifies as Long-Term Care Providers Continue to Face COVID-19 Challenges
During a state Senate Aging and Youth Committee hearing, Zach Shamberg, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Health Care Association (PHCA), outlined continued areas of concern and deep-rooted issues for…
Read More »“Esther’s Law” Allowing Cameras in Nursing Home Rooms Passes Ohio Senate
The Senate has okayed a bipartisan bill that allows nursing home and long-term care facility residents and their families to install cameras in their rooms to prevent abuse and neglect….
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COVID-19 Vaccinations Will Be Mandatory for Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia’s six-hospital University of Pennsylvania Health System will make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for all employees and clinical staff, the health system said May 19.
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