Creating and sustaining a culture of safety has been a challenge for many healthcare organizations, but the objective value in having one can’t be...Read More »
If one accepts that one of the fundamental goals of the accreditation survey process is to generate findings, there is no reason to think that...Read More »
You can have clutter in your bedroom, your car, or your home closet, but you can’t have it in your laboratory. Hazardous chemicals can’t be stored...Read More »
If you’ve ever ridden a roller coaster, you have some idea about what specimens go through when being transported via a pneumatic tube system (PTS...Read More »
The survey found that most respondents believed that their organizations are extremely or very well prepared for incidents like a fire (75%) and...Read More »
The wrong label on the wrong container in the laboratory can be dangerous, even lethal. Given the wide variety of chemicals, biologicals,...Read More »
ECRI’s annual report on the top patient safety concerns facing the healthcare industry—and what to do about them—are free online. The 2023 list...Read More »
The main provision of the bill would require the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue a standard requiring...Read More »
