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COVID-19 Focused Inspection Initiative in Healthcare.

COVID-19 Focused Inspection Initiative in Healthcare. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. March 2, 2022.

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March 23, 2022

Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationMarch 2, 2022.

The impact of nursing home inspections to ensure the quality and safety of the service environment is lacking. Weaknesses in the process became more explicit as poor long-term care infection control was determined to be a contributor to the early spread of COVID amongst nursing home residents. This announcement outlines a targeted inspection initiative to assess whether organizations previously cited have made progress toward improving workforce safety.

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COVID-19 Focused Inspection Initiative in Healthcare. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. March 2, 2022.