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USP <800> and Other Hazardous Pharmaceuticals Standards and Regulations: Update 2020
MedTrainer in the News: Brian Williams, VP of Compliance & Regulatory Affairs, MedTrainer, explains in Healthcare Facilities Today, the latest updates to USP’s standards on safe handling hazardous drugs. Read the full article here:
Keep ReadingSafety First: Five Steps to Better Life Safety and Emergency Preparedness
MedTrainer in the News: Brian Williams, director of compliance and regulatory affairs at MedTrainer, shares his five expert tips for life safety and emergency preparedness with Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare magazine. It seems like only yesterday that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its regulations to improve life safety in facilities...
Keep Reading5 smart tips for life-safety and emergency prep
MedTrainer in the News: MedTrainer Director of Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, Brian Williams, shares his five expert tips on updating life safety and emergency preparedness plans in healthcare facilities. In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services set forth new regulations related to life safety and emergency preparedness. Designed to protect Medicare and Medicaid...
Keep ReadingHow Your Facility Can Prepare for USP
MedTrainer in the News: DPR Group helps develop and place Brian Williams, MedTrainer’s Director of Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, bylined article in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News In skilled nursing and long-term care, common drugs like warfarin and oxytocin are administered to patients regularly. These too are considered hazardous by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Keep ReadingHow ASCs Can Prepare for USP Compliance — 5 Tips From an Expert.
MedTrainer in the News: Becker’s ASC Review highlights USP<800> compliance tips from MedTrainer’s Brian Williams. USP<800> standards for handling dangerous medications safely are scheduled to go into effect Dec. 1. The USP<800> requires ASCs and other healthcare organizations to be compliant with a number of medication handling standards such as receiving, transport, storage, dispensing, disposal...
Keep ReadingThe effective date for USP 800 implementation is Dec. 1, 2019
MedTrainer in the News: To help protect employees, patients and the environment, the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) has developed comprehensive standards for the safe handling of hazardous drugs—USP <800>. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 8 million healthcare personnel in the United States are exposed to hazardous drugs each year. This...
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