Explore the compliance issues related to governmental agencies requirements that regulate the operational side of healthcare organizations.
You are the Manager of Surgical Unit in Community Memorial Hospital in Venture, California. In California, it is prohibited to employ incineration of surgical waste. Recently, following up on the state investigation of allegations of improperly disposing of medical waste (sending blooded, untreated medical waste to a landfill (Kisken, 2017), the Environmental Protection Agency also performed an audit of the processes related to the medical waste processes and questioned your Surgical Unit employees. Many employees failed to answer questions about the waste materials, how to handle and how to correctly categorize and package them. There were instances identified of using incorrect containers, incorrect labeling, failure to keep containers closed, and failure to handle containers correctly. As a result, your facility received a citation.
After an initial investigation, you determined that there are several causes of this issue – inadequate employee training about handling, storing, and disposing of medical waste; missing or incomplete documented records; and improper waste segregation. Moreover, you found out that the facility is missing a part regarding the management of medical waste in its emergency contingency plan. There was no information about events such as accidental spills or loss of containment of biomedical materials.
References
Kisken, T. (2017, December 29). Community Memorial fined after state investigation over medical waste (Links to an external site.). VC Star. Retrieved from https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2017/12/29/community-memorial-fined-after-state-investigation-over-medical-waste/978377001/
Initial Post: Prepare a memorandum addressing the issue of improper medical waste training and process, reflecting the requirements of the appropriate regulatory agencies.
The memorandum should have heading Memorandum and formal memo structure.
Memoranda (N.B.! this is plural for memorandum, a Latin word) or memos sometimes come to some colleagues who are not aware of the issue, so typically a memo has a subject at the top.
It should be direct and concise. As a rule of thumb, memoranda should be brief.
There are many sources and tips on the Internet about how to prepare a memorandum for internal communications.
How to Write a Memo (Links to an external site.)
Sample Memo (Links to an external site.)
Tip: Typically, in the first paragraph one introduces a problem or problems. If several problems in the first paragraph are introduced, be sure to suggest actions addressing all mentioned problems. In other words, if there are several problems introduced, having only one suggestion that addresses one of these problems would be incorrect.
The initial posting should be prepared as a Microsoft™ Word document, and then attached to the unit discussion thread. There is no minimum or maximum in terms of the word count; however, the response should explicitly address all required components of this discussion assignment. The document should be prepared as a practical business deliverable (single-spaced) and reflect higher-level cognitive processing (analysis, synthesis, and evaluation).
Support the initial posting with at least 3 references of credible or peer-reviewed sources. The in-text citations and the list of references should be consistent with the APA writing style (7th ed.). To earn the maximum number of points for the initial posting, the overall quality of the writing should be consistent with that expected of a college student and industry professional.
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