Long-Term Care Survey Alert
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Published on Tue Sep 27, 2005 
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Using these shortcuts can short circuit your medication safety. 
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Long-Term Care Survey Alert
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Write off med errors with the right strategies. Phone medication orders can be a liability [...] - Training Tool:
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Don't accept phone orders without following these tips: Verbal/Telephone Orders Read Back Verification
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Dispensing pills looks relatively simple--and therein lies the [...] - Survey Management:
Fix Your Maintenance Program Before It Turns Into A Broken Survey Record
Use a QA Approach to protect residents from common hazards.
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Get A Jumpstart On Immunizations Before Flu, F Tags Catch Up With You
Beware: CMS will soon be tracking your immunization track record.
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Sidestep This Potentially Lethal Medication Related Error
Develop systems to keep residents' coagulation status in the safety zone.
A great safety slogan for [...] - What Do You Think?
Question: Should your facility take all potentially winnable cases to informal dispute resolution?
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Shed Light On Depression, Behaviors To Improve Outcomes
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Watch Out For These Abbreviations
Using these shortcuts can short circuit your medication safety. - Survey & Clinical News
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