...Report covering investigation of asbestos found in one of Bolton Wanderers premises. This report is a result of thoroughly carried out research towards asbestos found in a roof of one of Bolton Wanderers premises. The report is divided into the following parts: General information about asbestos. Risk assessment. Future advice./ After care Removing asbestos The report also covers all relevant legislation and includes recommendations for future actions for all of the parties involved. General information about asbestos. The ‘Control of asbestos Regulations', (CAR), came into force on 13th November 2006. Regulation 4a says that ‘the dutyholder’, here, Bolton Wanderers, is required to manage asbestos in their non-domestic premises. (1*) Asbestos is a naturally occurring fibrous material that has been a popular building material particularly between 1950 and 1999. Asbestos and asbestos containing material in good condition is safe. Asbestos is only dangerous when it is in a loose form, damaged, disturbed or being worked on as this can release asbestos fibres into the air. If these fibres are breathed in over a long period of time, they may damage the lungs, and can lead to very severe diseases such as mesothelioma or lung cancer (2*). In recent cases two families have won ground-breaking claims (one of them for two hundred and forty thousand pounds) for compensation after loved ones died from cancer after exposure to "low level" asbestos on Merseyside...
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...anywhere from the day of your search to as far back as a month ago. There is also a “Contact Us” link that offers a customer service phone number for general questions. This website does not appear to be biased and is produced by an organization that offers very important information in becoming accredited or certified without a source of funding impact. Information is clearly listed on the website and can be accessed directly. The website and graphics of the site load very quickly and all the links are functioning. As far a privacy and security, this does not seem to be an issue for just simply searching the website generally. There is no sign in required to search for organizations but there is an option to Log In or log in using a Guest Access Request. If you choose either option, it takes you to a secure website called Joint Commission Connect and also lists other key stakeholders the website is intended for. Credibility TJC recommends best clinical practices. Incorporation of best clinical practices into the baccalaureate critical care nursing curriculum is important. Best practices promote higher quality of care with the use of interventions, care concepts and techniques that are grounded in research (Brenner & Iafrati 2014). These best practices are used in hospital settings to support their clinical protocols and standards of care. In another aspect TJC’s best practices have even provided wake-up calls to healthcare facilities. Fatigue is something that can really adversely...
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...1) The DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) is the United States Department of Defense (DoD) process to ensure that risk management is applied on Information Systems from an enterprise view. DIACAP is a DoD-wide standard set of activities, tasks and process for the certification and accreditation of a DoD information system that will maintain the Information Assurance posture throughout the system's life cycle. The Department of Defense Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process (DITSCAP) is a process defined by the United States Department of Defense (DOD) for managing risk. DoD Instruction (DODI) 5200.40 establishes a standard DOD-wide process with a set of activities, general tasks and a management structure to certify and accredit an Automated Information System (AIS) that will maintain the Information Assurance (IA) posture of the Defense Information Infrastructure (DII) throughout the system's life cycle. DITSCAP applies to the acquisition, operation and sustainment of any DOD system that collects, stores, transmits, or processes unclassified or classified information since December 1997. 2) The Director of Central Intelligence Directive (DCID) 6/3 establishes the security policy and procedures for storing, processing, and communicating classified intelligence data in information systems. To achieve compliance with DCID 6/3, agencies must ensure that information is safeguarded at all times and that...
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...Association of Medical Assistants, offers a Certified Medical Assistant Certification for those who have obtained the required education through an accredited medical assistant program (American Association of Medical Assistants). The Medical Assistant’s professional Code of Ethics is a guide I can always refer back to when my ethical responsibilities are being tested, or when I am in doubt whether a certain situation is ethical or not. It is a reminder of why I choose this career, dedicating myself to the care and wellbeing of all people. For Medical Assistants, there are three certifying agencies available within the state of California, where I reside: American Association of Medical Assistants, where you can obtain a “NCCA” Accreditation (aama-nh.org), American Medical Technologists RMA certification, where you can obtain a AMT certification (amt1.com), and California Certifying Board of Medical Assistants where you can obtain a California Certified Medical Assistant (CCMA) certification (ccbma.org). The “Scope of Practice” determines the boundaries that a physician, or other medical professional practices. In entails the range of responsibilities and practice guidelines (medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com). The American Association of Medical Assistants determines this (aama.ntl.org). Three of the standards of professionalism that are based on the codes of ethics for Medical Assistants are: Seek to continually improve the knowledge and skills of the Medical...
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...Joint Commission Eligibility for Hospital Accreditation, the organization must be in the United States or its territories, or if outside the United States, is operated by the U.S. government or under a charter of the U.S. Congress. For all programs by law the organization has a facility license or registration to conduct its scope of services. The organization can demonstrate that it continually assesses and improves the quality of its care, treatment, and/or services. .The organization identifies the services it provides, indicating which care, treatment, and/or services it provides directly, under contract, or through some other arrangement. The organization provides services that can be evaluated by Joint Commission standards. If the organization uses its Joint Commission accreditation for deemed status purposes, the organization needs to meets the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The organization must meet parameters for the minimum number of in patients/volume of services required for organizations seeking Joint Commission accreditation for the first time. A hospital that is seeking Medicare Certification and is new to The Joint Commission must have one active inpatient case at the time of survey. If the hospital’s Average Daily Census is 21 or more, or if the hospital is a specialty hospital (cardiac, orthopedic, or surgical), the hospital must be able to provide inpatient records for at least 10 percent of the average daily census, but not less than 30 inpatient...
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...knowledge in practical case studies. In addition, due to the dynamic nature of the primary markets, the programme emphasises current market practice and much use is made of market practitioners to discuss key areas. Candidates who gain this qualification therefore will have all the requisite tools to add value now to their company’s activities in the Primary Markets. As a second-level qualification the PMC syllabus requires that the candidate should already have some familiarity with: • Fundamental numeric skills, the time value of money, PV, yields and yield curves • The main debt market sectors, products and key players The academic content of the PMC is overseen by the ICMA Centre at the University of Reading, England. Accreditation The ICMA Primary Market Certificate...
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...Tracer Patient Audit AFT2 Accreditation Audit October 10th, 2014 Tracer Patient Audit With an audit by the Joint Commission (JC) in the near future, Nightingale Community Hospital (NCH) is performing a tracer patient survey to measure our compliance and identify issues that are in need of remediation. The practice of this type of survey tracks a patient’s care for the duration of their stay starting from the admission process and ending when they are discharged. This system allows us to assess our strengths and weaknesses concerning policy, procedures, and systems in place to provide quality care in conjunction with the standards set forth by the JC. Summary of Tracer Patient Audit Findings This particular survey was conducted concerning a patient that is a 67 year old female, presenting with fever and drainage approximately 5 weeks after an open hysterectomy. The tracer patient was subsequently admitted for a possible postoperative infection. The tracer patient then endured another surgery to treat the infection that started after the original surgery. The patient also received a central line which is used to administer long-term antibiotics. NCH is arranging to discharge the patient to go home with home health, with the aid of her husband, to help administer her antibiotic therapy after discharge. The audit of this particular patient’s care revealed areas that present an opportunity for correction and improvement. Specifically, the patient...
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...be determined upon prior to construction of the facility. Cost estimate and budget planning are the first steps, which must be determined before the design of the facility. An implementation plan of the proposal from the preliminary phases of the plan of the facility through construction of the facility has to be arranged and charted. Regulatory requirements Health care facilities are required to follow the licensing regulations of their state in the design they use. Usually this is the 'Facility Guidelines Institute guidelines for design and construction of health care facilities' (Carr, 2010). The states require use of the codes in International Building and in addition, they need to be accredited by the 'Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' (Carr, 2010). The regulations require compliance with the fire codes set by the National Fire protection Association and follow the standards set in NFPA 99 and NFPA 101 which guide safety within the facilities. The facilities must also follow the American with Disability Act since it is a public facility. They must follow OSHA regulations in setting up the design especially for their laboratory. Health facilities need to be...
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...On October 28, 2015, EHLS Representative, LaQuasha Hall, met with Mr. Sanat K. Upadhyay and Dr. Maria Bondesson to discuss the events that led up to the accident which resulted in a needle stick injury, which occurred on August 18, 2015. According to Mr. Upadhyay, the accident occurred approximately at 2:00 p.m. in Rm. #526 of the Science& Engineering Research Center. Mr. Upadhyay stated that he was working alone in the laboratory while attempting to give a set of microinjections SW620 colon cancer cells into the transgenic zebrafish embryos; he noticed that the microinjections of SW620 colon cancer cells were not flowing properly and had an obstruction in the glass needle. Mr. Upadhyay stated that when he attempted to unload the glass...
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...The School Environment Case High School is located in Sparks, NV. This school is a four-year public high school which serves approximately 2,200 students, making it the largest of the comprehensive high schools in the district. Reed High school had been accredited continuously by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges. There are many environmental and contextual factors that effect Case High School as well as the community needs surrounding the school. Community Facts The city of Sparks was chartered in 1906. . This city is located in Washoe County, Nevada and was established in 1905 and sits just east of Reno. The most recent census states the population to be 90,264. It is a sister city to Reno, NV, being right next door. The community relies on much of its revenue from the gaming industry. However, recently the city of Sparks has expanded its work force by bringing in small tech firms which helped by expanding the warehousing industry. There has been enormous growth during the past twenty years. In 1970 the population was 28,702, in 1980 in was 53,230, in 1998 it was up to 61,560 and currently is climbing towards 100,000. Due to low wages earned in the gaming industry, often jobs are not stable and employees are far from earning livable wages. Many of the families are transient and move from city to city in search of higher paying wages. This effects the lives of the students that attend school. Often the students at Case High School may move several times...
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...Corrections Accreditation and Privatization Paper Serena Valenzuela CJS/230 December 16, 2012 Josephine Kerr Corrections Accreditation and Privatization Paper According to Foster (2006) accreditations allow a company to comply with national values. Correctional officers are certified to comply with accreditation. Leaders can always improve professionalization and accreditation. Privatization is a private owned prison usually by individuals or stock holders. State and federal prisons are slighted affected by privatization and hold contracts with state and federal prisons. “What professionalism is to individuals working in the field, accreditation is to organizations—a movement toward higher standards (Foster, pg 180,2006).” According to Foster (2006) corrections accreditation started in 1978. According to Foster (2006) being a part of accreditation is an ongoing process of evaluations for operations against the national standards, solve deficiencies, and improvement on programs and services. According to Foster (2006) accreditation is to measure a company’s compliance with countrywide accepted values. According to Foster (2006) the ACA provides a process that starts with an application leading to a complete audit and approval or denial. The accreditation is good for three years then another audit will be completed again to make sure the company is staying in compliance with the accreditation. According to Foster (2006) this system is a verification process to comply...
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...Accreditation in Distance Education Katrina Dixon Spring 2012 Choosing the appropriate school for Higher Education is a major decision that all students must face. The world of accreditation is slowly changing, generally in the direction of dealing more with outcomes: how schools teach or train their students and how well the students perform (Bear, Nixon 2006, 37) Making sure that the school has the courses they desire, flexibility and if it is affordable to them are all issues that must be looked at but the most important aspect of the decision is finding out about the school’s accreditation. Accreditation is a validation process by which institutions of higher education are evaluated against established standards to ensure a high level of educational quality. Knowing the accreditation status of the school that you have chosen for your Higher Education is very important because the school’s accreditation can determine how usable a degree is once it is obtained. This paper will discuss accreditation in depth and what it means to distance education. Researching an institution accreditation can be tedious but it is necessary to have this knowledge. Asking college officials and current students is one way to gather information but a prospective student should also look for other signs that the institution is credible. One of the best indicators for quality of an institution is recognition from nationally recognized professional organizations. ...
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...dimensions were school accreditation, online only programs, and cost of tuition. The analytical hierarchy process matrix for the three dimensions is shown below. | School Accreditation | Online Only Program | Cost of Tuition | | School Accreditation | 1.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | | | | | | | Online Only Program | 10.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | | | | | | | Cost of Tuition | 5.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | | | School Accreditation | Online Only Program | Cost of Tuition | Priority Vector | School Accreditation | 0.06 | 0.67 | 0.50 | 0.41 | | | | | | Online Only Program | 0.63 | 0.07 | 0.40 | 0.36 | | | | | | Cost of Tuition | 0.31 | 0.27 | 0.10 | 0.23 | The priorty vector shows that school accreditation is the most important...
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...Course: HCA 375 Instructor: Vicki Sowle Discussion: Week (2) Discussion (1) Topic: Comparative Performance When we think of comparisons based elements of quality and the variance of why some healthcare institutions is thrive versus the sub-standard healthcare institution; we must consider factors that contribute to an institution becoming accredited. For example, the services an institution offers, staff to patient ratios, medical equipment used (technological resources), utilizing best practices that aims to reduce patient outcomes and cost, these factors may all contribute to higher standards thus validating accreditation. Healthcare organizations are prone to medical errors, as seen in the Virginia Mason Case. Although medical errors may occur, continuous quality improvement efforts seek to ensure medical errors of the same nature do not occur repetitively. “Hospitals deliver a number of reports on quality of care to accrediting bodies and independent agencies for quality recognitions and ratings so managed care companies, CMS, and the public have reliable information to judge the quality of care” (2014). For this discussion, I chose WellStar Healthcare system and Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation. WellStar Cobb...
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...To: Board of Directors of Middlefield Hospital From: Vitalina Tatach Date: August 15, 2015 Re: Evaluation and Recommendations for Improvement I have been diligently working on reassessing our present situation with loss of revenue and other bellow described weakness. After thoroughly studying past years’ reports, I came up with a few thoughts that I would like to share with you which should make positive income and decline out quality assurance problems. With that in mind, I came up with few suggestions on how we could fix and strengthen our present weaknesses with revenue, marketing and managed care. Payer Mix Problems Our healthcare facility has been losing money for the last few months on Medicaid and Medicare patients since the enactment of Affordable Healthcare Act. The government is paying less and less for the services that are being provided to our patients and also is very slow at paying claims, however more and more patients are being added to the program which is the result of why Medicaid performed worse than commercial plans and Medicare on key metrics such as days in accounts receivable, denial rates and electronic remittance advice transparency. While some state Medicaid plans, such as Medicaid Connecticut, performed especially well on select metrics, such as enrollment, as a whole the category continues to underperform. (Monegain, 2014) Middlefield Hospital is a community based hospital and in this way, it constantly does its part at being a fundamental...
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