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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare November 18, 2021 was the 1st day of Antibiotic Awareness Week. In observance of U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week, CDC encourages healthcare professionals to continue improving antibiotic prescribing and use by using CDC’s Be Antibiotics Aware educational materials and sharing them with your colleagues and patients. These…… Continue reading Be Antibiotics Aware Educational Materials Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare U.S. Antibiotics Awareness Week is an annual observance that raises awareness of the threat of antibiotic resistance and the importance of appropriate antibiotic use. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising patients and their families to use antibiotics only when necessary to further…… Continue reading Antibiotic Awareness Week is November 18-24, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The objective of World Wide Pressure Injury Prevention Day is to increase awareness about pressure injury prevention and to educate the public on this topic.  “Each year, more than 2.5 million people in the United States develop pressure ulcers. These skin lesions bring pain, associated risk…… Continue reading 2021 World Wide Pressure Injury Prevention Day – November 18, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This annual notice was filed at 5pm ET on Friday, November 12, 2021.  It is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on Wednesday, November 17, 2021. “This notice announces the inpatient hospital deductible and the hospital and extended care services coinsurance amounts for services furnished…… Continue reading Medicare Program: CY 2022 Inpatient Hospital Deductible and Hospital and Extended Care Services Coinsurance Amounts