There is a lot for an employee to learn when they start at a new laboratory. During their onboarding, they will learn the standard operating...Read More »
While the healthcare environment is very much its own "thing," there are certain universal risks that can come into play in any workplace (some...Read More »
In this guest column, Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, laboratory safety officer for multihospital system Sentara Healthcare in Virginia, and otherwise...Read More »
While Alfred, Lord Tennyson opined that “in the spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love,” spring, for certain safety...Read More »
The December 2024 assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel shocked not only the insurance industry but also...Read More »
Hospitals are constantly grappling with the dangers of drug diversion, as illustrated by a $2 million settlement between Cheshire Medical Center...Read More »
I’m not sure if I’ve shared this story before, but, back in April 2013 (April 15 to be exact), I was headed out to the West Coast for work when I...Read More »
Regular trash is bad enough, but the things that laboratories throw out are dangerous as well as egregious: used needles and sharps, body fluids,...Read More »
Healthcare providers often find themselves on the receiving end of verbal, emotional, or physical abuse at work. Despite making up only 10% of the...Read More »
