Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Ensure compliance with EPA rule: Ban all sewering of hazardous waste drugs

August 20, 2019

A new EPA regulation banning the sewering of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals that goes into effect August 21.

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 13, Issue 8

Would you believe there’s nothing up my sleeve?: Protective measures

August 20, 2019
Environment and Facilities
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

Caution: This is not a product endorsement, but rather an observation of a product that might, at times, sound a little endorse-y. I can be persuaded…

While...

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 13, Issue 8

Don’t forget to leave room for amazement: The perils of occupational fatigue

August 14, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Healthcare Staff
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

If you’ll bear with me, friends, this week deals not so much with the harsh realities of our vocation, but with the hope that those harsh realities can be effectively...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

New guidelines promote expansion of bariatric surgery to treat obesity

August 13, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

A co-author of new guidelines for bariatric surgery says more patients, clinicians, and payers should embrace...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

7-Part EMS screening tool boosts early sepsis treatment

August 13, 2019
Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Conducting a sepsis screening during emergency medical service transport to an emergency department reduces time to treatment.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 9

National falls prevention awareness day

August 13, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

September 22 is National Falls Prevention Day. What are you doing to celebrate? 

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1, Issue 9

Use these strategies to reduce conflict and violence in your hospital

August 13, 2019
Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

Have staff employ these tips and strategies when interacting with patients to decrease tensions and improve patient care.  

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

Accreditation & Patient Safety Roundup merger

August 6, 2019
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety

We sent the first of the combined IAQ and PSMJ roundups yesterday, August 5, with the subject line AQCC Roundup (IAQ and PSMJ)- August 2019. 

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20, Issue 9

Trauma-informed care: Seeing through the patient’s eyes

August 6, 2019
Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

Caregivers should tailor their processes to account for the stress and fear many victims of abuse and human trafficking feel when brought into the medical environment.

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1, Issue 9

Ensure empty O₂ cylinders are stored separately and policies are clear

August 6, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

TJC has recently highlighted a Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) on storage management that clarifies storage of partial cylinders. 

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