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California recently enacted a law, Chapter 645, that includes a requirement for accreditation agencies to report accreditation denials of outpatient facilities to the state medical board within 3 days. Any denial, revocation, or suspension of accreditation will apply to all other accrediting agencies so that facilities are not able to search for a potentially favorable agency to counter a negative review.
Please click here for an article in the Los Angeles Times that appeared before the law’s passage that describes the circumstances that lead to the increased scrutiny of these facilities.
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CACC business case
template for assessment to justify additional FTE’s needed to comply
with the SB 1058 and AFL 11-32-Requirements for Reporting Surgical Site
Infections
In our best expert opinion it would take roughly 60 minutes per
chart based on the 30 day and 1 year review for implants. This may vary
per GACH based on their ability to automatically vs manually upload data
and how resourced their current IC program is.
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Recommendations for Tdap Vaccine Updated
To help prevent pertussis infection in newborns, who are too young to be
immunized, the tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular
pertussis (Tdap) booster vaccine should be administered to pregnant women
who have not previously received Tdap, according to a guideline update
from the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
The new recommendation, published in
MMWR, replaces previous
guidance that Tdap be given to women immediately postpartum. New safety
data now support its use during pregnancy, preferably after 20 weeks'
gestation. In addition, maternal pertussis antibodies pass to the fetus
and "likely confer protection" to the infant without diminishing the
infant's own antibody response to later vaccination, ACIP says.
Adolescents and adults who have not received Tdap and who
anticipate close contact with an infant under 12 months of age should also
receive the booster, ideally 2 weeks before contact with the infant.