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Advisory: AHE Member Communication Regarding Ongoing CRE Outbreak Investigation

Advisory
Two very important updates regarding CRE and Shigella sonnei outbreak investigations.

Advisory: Immediate Need for Healthcare Facilities to Review Procedures

Advisory
As a follow-up to a health update entitled HAN 00382 and distributed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on September 11, 2015, the CDC and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are providing this update to rescind the following recommendation.

Advisory: Hand and Environmental Hygiene: Preventing Pathogen Transmission

Advisory
Recent outbreaks of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) and adenovirus among children have raised questions about ways to prevent transmission when those affected are admitted to a health care facility. This advisory offers information regarding AFM, viruses that are currently implicated, modes of transmission and measures of prevention.
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EPA Proposes New Standards for Ethylene Oxide Commercial Sterilization Facilities

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 11 proposed new standards for commercial sterilization facilities and certain health care organizations that use ethylene oxide (EtO). This Special Bulletin reviews the highlights of these proposals and provides additional background and insight on the issue and potential impact for hospitals and health systems.
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CMS Proposes Conditions of Participation for Rural Emergency Hospitals, Updates for Critical Access Hospitals

The CMS yesterday released a proposed rule seeking comment on potential Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for certain rural and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) seeking to convert from their current status to be designated as a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH). In