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This is Part 2 of our interview with Jason P. Nagy, PhD, MLS(ASCP), QLS; Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS; and Sean G. Kaufman on preventing and responding to exposures in the laboratory.
For some reason, I've been spending a fair amount of time contemplating the points at which making meaningful improvements to one's structure or infrastructure become insurmountable. I can't say that I'm throwing in the towel, as a going concern, but the notion of "having got your monies' worth...
This is Part 2 of our interview with Scott Wytosick, CFPS, CFI-II, fire and life safety consultant at Jensen Hughes, and former life safety coordinator at Akron Children’s Hospital, on wayfinding and signage in healthcare.
Preparing your hospital for an accreditation survey is stressful, year-round work. Because survey schedules are unannounced, accreditation professionals must always be ready for CMS, The Joint Commission, or other accrediting organizations to show up at their door.
Finding and eliminating infection control (IC) violations is one of the most crucial parts of healthcare, regardless of what organization or department you’re working in. This includes laboratories, where staff are constantly working with things that no one wants spread through the rest of the...
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 lab safety practices.
