Hospital laboratory safety and compliance leaders continue to face increasing scrutiny from accrediting bodies and regulators. Between maintaining specimen integrity, protecting data systems, and ensuring personal protective equipment (PPE) meets minimum standards, lab managers must balance...
Fragmented data. Unclear accountability. Underreporting. These are common challenges that workplace violence (WPV) prevention programs must address to keep up with Joint Commission and OSHA expectations.
A key component of medical environments is a sink. In healthcare facilities, they are present in exam rooms and laboratories and are necessary for hand hygiene compliance. Despite being a key measure in reducing infections, they can be a breeding ground for dangerous microorganisms.
Protective equipment in the lab is a frontline defense, in addition to being necessary for compliance. Yet experts warn that too many healthcare organizations assume their protective gear meets regulatory expectations without verifying its performance.
In this guest column, Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, laboratory safety officer for multihospital system Sentara Healthcare in Virginia, and otherwise known as “Dan, the Lab Safety Man,” discusses the important issues that affect your job every day. Today he talks about the importance of...
In this guest column, Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, laboratory safety officer for multihospital system Sentara Healthcare in Virginia, and otherwise known as “Dan, the Lab Safety Man,” discusses the important issues that affect your job every day. Today he discusses fire safety.
Hospital security teams have long played a critical role in patient and staff safety—but under increasing OSHA scrutiny, their responsibilities now stretch even further.
Hospital lab safety leaders don’t need another reminder about the technician shortage—they’re living it. But what’s often overlooked is the competition beyond the walls of healthcare: Remote jobs, limited career mobility, and lackluster recruiting infrastructure are draining the talent pipeline...
Clinical laboratories are once again in the federal crosshairs. According to Barnes & Thornburg, LLP’s 2024 Healthcare Enforcement and Compliance Annual Report, lab service providers were involved in 18 civil settlements totaling nearly $240 million last year—a sharp signal of...
Building trust with your lab team to the point where you can leave them alone to do their jobs safely is essential, says Jason P. Nagy, PhD, MLS(ASCP), QLS, and Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS. Nagy is a laboratory safety support coordinator and Scungio is a...
