A recent California assembly bill marks one of the most prescriptive workplace violence prevention mandates hospitals have faced to date—not just requiring plans on paper, but forcing operational decisions around weapons detection, staffing, training, and patient access.
Patient safety rarely fails because of a single mistake. It breaks down when systems don’t hold under stress—during handoffs, missed follow-ups, staffing strain, or moments when staff hesitate to speak up.
Thermal events tied to medication management devices are drawing heightened regulatory scrutiny—and hospital safety, facilities, and clinical engineering leaders should take notice.
Hospitals are getting hit from two sides right now: The accreditation manuals are evolving, while surveyors keep drilling into the same operational pressure points that create real patient risk—transitions, medications, documentation, and the environment of care.
Emergency response time is rarely treated as a core safety metric in hospitals, yet it often determines how incidents actually unfold. While compliance programs and traditional reporting focus on outcomes after the fact, lost minutes during staff safety events, isolated emergencies, and even...
A recent report highlights the top patient safety challenges impacting the healthcare industry in 2026, revealing how vulnerabilities in technology, staffing, culture, and public health intersect to expand patient risk.
Healthcare-acquired infections (HAI) remain a major threat to patient safety despite the best efforts of healthcare workers everywhere. Carmen Duke, MPH, CIC, an infection prevention contractor in the Greater Chattanooga area, discusses what leads to HAIs and some of the most...
Traditionally, residency is seen as a gauntlet through which physicians in training must pass to become competent, independent practitioners. Long hours, sleep deprivation, taxing and emotional patient care, constant supervision, and the transformation of theoretical knowledge into practice...
Laboratories are a unique environment from an OSHA training standpoint. They include complex chemical and biological materials, potentially harmful equipment, and large numbers of staff.
