The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Licensing and
Certification surveyors may visit a hospital at any time to
determine whether the hospital is in compliance with state
licensing requirements. Visits may result from a complaint by a
patient, employee or other third party; a newspaper article; or a
report by the hospital itself regarding an unusual occurrence,
privacy breach or adverse event.
The surveyors have arrived, unannounced, at your
hospital. What do you do first? What will the surveyors
do?
The California Hospital Survey Manual is intended to
help hospital staff understand and prepare for the survey
process, from start to finish. It was written specifically
for California’s hospital licensing and accreditation
professionals, compliance officers, legal counsel, risk managers,
and other members of the hospital’s licensing and compliance
teams.
Despite warnings from the Food and Drug Administration,
manufacturers and various patient safety agencies, fentaNYL
transdermal patches continue to be prescribed inappropriately to
treat patients with acute pain who are not opioid tolerant.
CDPH has issued several Immediate Jeopardy administrative
penalties for inappropriate use of fentaNYL transdermal patches.