AAMI recently announced that deserving individuals and teams have received AAMI Awards for their work in standards development.
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Spotlight On: Justin Fontenot
In the 21 years he’s given to the nursing profession, Justin Fontenot, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, knows that the patients with whom he’s interacted have changed his life. The intimate connections the profession has afforded him to the people in his care, and the ways in which that work affirms their mutual humanity, have underscored his desire to leave the profession a more inclusive field than when he entered it.
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A New Standard for Water Management
The Joint Commission (TJC) released a new water management standard (EC.02.05.02. EPs 1-4), which took effect on January 1, 2022. Water quality is a very important component of medical device processing. While this new standard is designed to improve the quality and safety of care provided to immunocompromised hospital patients, it also contains water management measures that impact medical device processing.
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Medication Storage and Security Assessment is Key to Patient Medication Safety
During clinical practice and studies, health care professionals, especially nurses, quickly become educated on reviewing the “Five Rights” or “Five Rs” for safe medication practices: Right patient, Right drug, Right dose, Right route and Right time.
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A Whole New Thing: The NPDA-BC Credential
In this column, I would like to discuss a very exciting development for the CCI; the recent launch of our sixth credential – Nursing Professional Development Advanced – Board Certified (NPDA-BC).
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Webinar Addresses DEI
The recent OR Today webinar “CCI’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Awards: Program Overview” was presented by Jim Stobinski, CEO of the Competency & Credentialing Institute, and Lisa Rosenfield, special projects and partnerships lead at the Competency...
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