Facility Licensing and Investigations Section
Current Blast Faxes
 
To improve communications within the health care community these notices were sent via a "Blast-Fax" system to pertinent health care institutions.  The institutions included: Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Providers Group, Outpatient Surgical Centers, Substance Abuse Facilities, Mental Health Facilities, Residential Care Homes, Home Health Agencies, ICF/MR Facilities and Outpatient Dialysis Units.

2020 Blast Faxes

2020-1 Facility Licensing and Investigations Section Contact Information for ICD facilities

2020-2 DPH HAI Educational Program

2020-3 Abbott Point of Care i-STAT

2020-4 COVID-19 and CMS Directives

2020-5 COVID-19 and CDC Guidance

2020-6 Laboratory Testing for COVID-19

  Long Term Care Map- Members to Update Supplies and Vendors

2020-7 Visiting Restrictions in Nursing Homes

2020-7A Visiting Restrictions in Nursing Homes, excluding State Marshals, Attorneys and Conservators

2020-8 Guidance for Certifying COVID-19 Deaths

2020-9 Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Dialysis Facilities

2020-10 Guidance for use of Certain Industrial Respirators by Health Care Personnel

2020-11 Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 COVID-19 in Home Health Agencies and Hospice Agencies

2020-12 Reducing of eliminating the need for boarding of patients in the hospital ED and Authorization and guidelines for use of alternate space for assessment and treatment of ambulatory patients presenting with COVID-19

2020-13 Potential Resource for COVID-19 Alternative Site Testing (Trailer service)

 
2019 Blast Faxes
 
2019-1 Weather Alert

2019-2 The MASTSR program (the training program for the Medication Administration Training (MAT) initiative)

2019-3 Certificate of Training in Infection Prevention in the long-Term Care Setting

2019-4 Two training opportunities from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)

2019-4A Attachment to Blast Fax 2019-4

2019-5 E-Licensing System

2019-6  Hospital License Renewal-E-Licensing

2019-7 Increase in Opioid Overdoses

2019-7A Increase in Opioid Overdoses (Press Release from City of Hartford)

2019-7B Increase in Opioid Overdoses (situational awareness)

2019-8 Joint Commission Bulletin

2019-9 Recommendations for Management of Health Facilities during Hot Weather

2019-10 Medication Assisted Treatment in Nursing Homes, Buprenorphine Waiver Training

2019-11 LSP Oxygen Regulator Recall

2019-12 Late Adopters Webinar, Part One

2019-12A  Late Adopters Webinar, Part Two

2019-13  Legionella Updates

2019-14 CDC Webinar on Emergency Water Supply Planning Guide for Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities

2019-15 Fall Prevention Safety Summit for Skilled Nursing Facilities

2019-15A Attachment for Blast Fax 2019-15

2019-16 Waivers for the Regulations of the Connecticut State Agencies. Sectopm 19a-495-570(m) Service Operations (5) Physical Examinations

2019-17  Medication Assisted Treatment in a Nursing Home

2019-18 List of Reportable Diseases

2019-19 Optional State Assessment (OSA) and Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM)

2019-19A PDPM Assessments and Grouper Update

2019-20 Labor Negotiations

2019-21 Electronic Deficiency and Violation Letter

2019-22 A Summit on Serious Illness in CT

2019-23 Continuing Education from the CDC

2019-24 LPN Refresher Program

2019-25 CDC Educational Program

2019-26 Nurse Staffing Plan and Incidents of Workplace

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2010        
 10-01 Registered Nurse Staffing Requirement On Each Shift For General Inpatient Hospice Stay
 10-01a  Registered Nurse Staffing Requirement On Each Shift For General Inpatient Hospice Stay
 10-02 New Electronic Survey Process
 10-03 Long Term Care Mutual Aid Plan (LTC-MAP) for Evacuation and Resources/Assets February 17, 2010: WebEx Training for WebsiteData Entry
 10-03 Long Term Care Mutual Aid Plan (LTC-MAP) for Evacuation and Resources/Assets
 10-03  ASCEND PASRR and Level of Care Contract Implementation
 10-03a

UPDATE: NAME OF COURSE: Long Term Care Mutual Aid Plan Regiion 3/Capitol Region: Website Data Entry Training Course ID# 1020767

 

 10-04 ASCEND PASSR and Level of Care Contract Implementation
 10-04    Home Health Care CAHPS Survey
 10-04a Home Health Care CAHPS Survey
 10-06     Norovirus Infection
 10-07     MDS Oasis System Downtime
 10-07a  MDS Oasis System Downtime
 10-08     Recall Automated peritoneal dialysis (PD) Systems
 10-10a  CTCCC Quarterly Training Conference