Most sharps injuries—84%—occur among healthcare workers, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) confirmed in a recently released analysis. Injuries from a needle or other sharp objects can expose workers to bloodborne pathogens (BBP), such as human immunodeficiency...
Sean G. Kaufman, CEO and founding partner of the lab safety company Safer Behaviors, offered Medical Environment Update some suggestions on engagement in a recent interview.
Getting staff engaged with safety training can be the difference between them remembering how to do something safely and them injuring themselves or...
In the wake of Tropical Storm Hilary in California and Hurricane Idalia in the Gulf Coast, make sure that your patients and staff know how to stay safe after a major storm or flooding. The CDC has put out a list of post-...
The lab technologist approached the lab safety officer (LSO) to ask what should be done with a collection of liquid wastes that were collected from the...
Ahead of winter, ensure you have the proper equipment for snow removal, especially if your facility is in an area of the country that sees a lot of the white stuff.
(Departmental workplace violence risk assessment courtesy of Bryan Warren, president and chief consultant for WarSec Security; for more information on this tool, go ...
While the term might invoke images of restaurants, hotels, and store clerks rather than healthcare, customer service is about working with stressed, unhappy, or potentially violent customers/patients to solve their problems and de-escalate situations.
August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month, and while hopefully your laboratory staff aren’t children, they should know the protocols for eye protection when dealing with hazardous materials. American workers experience 2,000 eye-...
Safety audits are performed in laboratories across the world, but in some of these locations the environment remains very unsafe and performing audits hasn’t made any difference. Mistakes can be made when performing a laboratory audit, and those errors can lead to dangerous situations. While all...
