Life safety and facilities leaders may face confusion following new construction. Although many projects are built according to updated standards, surveys often continue to cite older references.
In rural communities, workforce shortages, financial pressures, and other challenges are compounded by geographic isolation and failing healthcare infrastructure. Consequently, lack of access to healthcare becomes a patient safety risk.
CMS published a request for information on July 16, seeking public comments on potential updates to certain Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulations.
Healthcare fire and life safety programs are facing pressure from multiple directions, including workforce shortages, complex technologies, evolving codes and standards, and growing demands on facility teams.
Many MRI safety programs focus on events that resulted in actual patient harm, but near misses frequently provide the most valuable information and expose vulnerabilities before someone gets hurt.
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 dangers of aerosol exposures from respiratory specimens.
As patient care continues to drift into new settings, infection remains a significant risk that must be properly addressed. Discover how outpatient facilities can better prevent infection.
Through its new Health Outcomes Accreditation and Community‑Focused Care Accreditation, the National Committee for Quality Assurance is reshaping accreditation around outcomes, community impact, and digital trust.
