CHS Pharmacy News
July 2024
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Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting*
This final rule establishes minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s nursing home reform initiative to ensure safe and quality care in long-term care facilities. In addition, this rule requires States to report the percent of Medicaid payments for certain Medicaid-covered institutional services that are spent on compensation for direct care workers and support staff.
Hazardous Drug Exposures**
The NIOSH publication 2023-130, titled “Managing Hazardous Drug Exposures: Information for Healthcare Settings,” provides guidelines for managing and mitigating risks associated with hazardous drug exposure in healthcare environments. It outlines control strategies, including engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment, and emphasizes the importance of facility-specific risk assessments to determine effective exposure controls.
Nursing Home Medication Malpractice***
Serious or deadly medication errors in nursing homes may result from staff medical malpractice. Such cases include:
- Medication Diversions: Staff may steal medication for personal use or to sell.
- Ignoring Orders: Employees might alter, add, or discontinue medications against orders.
- Medication Borrowing: Staff might give the wrong resident another’s medication during busy times.
- Poor Medication Management: Facilities may fail to have necessary medications available.
- Unauthorized Medication Administration: Giving medication without consent can cause harm.
Improper medications can worsen conditions or cause new side effects. In one case, a resident was put into a coma after taking medication meant for her roommate due to a mix-up.
4th of July Trivia****
- How many people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th?
- Is there something written on the back of the Declaration of Independence?
- When did the Fourth of July become a legal federal holiday?
- When were fireworks first used to celebrate July Fourth?
4th of July Trivia Answers
- Two, the president of Congress, John Hancock, and its secretary, Charles Thompson
- It’s said the following is written upside down and backwards: “Original Declaration of Independence dated 4th July, 1776”
- 1870. Then, in 1938, Congress reaffirmed the holiday to make sure all workers received full pay.
- 1777. Congress chose fireworks to celebrate the first anniversary. They were ignited over Philadelphia.
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