"No Person May Gain Entry to the Laboratory Without Furnishing Proof of Their -19 Vaccination Status" Normally, a sign like this would be highly problematic. Heck, simply asking employees if they’ve … [Read more...]
Compliance Perspectives
Can You Require Lab Employees to Prove They Received the COVID-19 Vaccine?
May 10, 2021
Compliance Perspectives
How to Audit the Effectiveness of Your Lab Compliance Plan
February 7, 2021
If you’re reading this, it’s a pretty good bet that you’ve put a compliance plan into place at your lab. But just how effective is it? To answer this crucial question, you must consider not only what … [Read more...]
Compliance Perspectives
How to Create a Legally Sound Substance Abuse Policy
November 2, 2020
Bottom Line on Top: Make it all about fitness for duty, rather than zero tolerance Although it may sound good, zero tolerance may not be the best foundation on which to build a legally enforceable … [Read more...]
Labs In Court
Rhode Island Health System Fined +$1 Million for Failure to Encrypt Laptops
August 14, 2020
Case: The trouble began when Lifespan Corporation, the parent company of a Rhode Island-based non-profit health system filed a breach report after a laptop containing medical record numbers, … [Read more...]
Beyond COVID-19
The 6 Hottest Lab Compliance Stories That Almost Nobody Is Paying Attention To
July 20, 2020
If not burnout, you may be suffering from a case of COVID-19 fatigue right now. And you’re not alone. The monster virus has seemingly consumed everything in its path over the past six months, … [Read more...]
Compliance Briefing
How to Comply with the New HHS COVID-19 Test Data Reporting Rules
July 3, 2020
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has ordered labs that perform COVID-19 testing to report test data to state and local public health agencies by August 1, 2020. What makes the … [Read more...]
GAO Report
Federal COVID-19 Testing Data Collection Effort Has Been Ineffective
July 3, 2020
The federal government has done a poor job of collecting and reporting COVID-19 testing data to the CDC since the pandemic began. That’s the conclusion of a U.S. Government and Accountability Office … [Read more...]
Compliance Perspectives
Use Contact Logging to Ensure Lab Employees Practice Social Distancing
July 2, 2020
Managing a lab compliance program in the age of COVID-19 poses new and unprecedented challenges. One of the biggest and most important is ensuring that lab employees and the persons they interact with … [Read more...]
TOOL
Model COVID-19 Exposure Control Plan
June 4, 2020
Regulators have made it clear that workplaces, including labs, must implement written plans to control COVID-19 exposure risks at the site. Here’s a Model Plan template your lab can adapt that … [Read more...]
Brief Your CEO
The 18 Things You Can Do for COVID-19 that You Can’t Do for Other Testing
June 1, 2020
Blanket Waivers relaxing kickback law restrictions standing in the way of desperately needed COVID-19 tests continue to play a crucial role in the federal government’s response to the Public Health … [Read more...]
