Keeping healthcare workers safe and healthy is a crucial part of maintaining a high quality healthcare facility

What are the hot button issues in healthcare security?

Healthcare Safety Leader
March 22, 2022
Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety
by Dom Nicastro

No healthcare professional needs to be reminded of the risks and elevated threats of violence during tense...Read More »

Visitor management, COVID-19 impact, and more pressing matters

Healthcare Life Safety Compliance
March 15, 2022
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control, Workplace safety

Lauris Freidenfelds has been in the healthcare security arena long enough to recognize it’s not about turning security team...Read More »

OSHA ups inspections at healthcare facilities treating COVID patients

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
March 15, 2022
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Workplace safety

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ...Read More »

OSHA to conduct return inspections at hospitals with previous COVID-19 citations

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
March 15, 2022
Infection Control, Workplace safety

If your hospital or skilled nursing facility has faced an OSHA citation or even a complaint investigation because of possible employee exposures...Read More »

Sometimes when you smell something…

Mac's Safety Space
March 14, 2022
Infection Control, Workplace safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

I guess this is all part of...Read More »

Three secrets regarding contamination in the laboratory

Medical Environment Update
March 8, 2022
Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

Pete picked up a rack of specimens that needed to be delivered to the serology lab across the hall. He wore gloves because he was handling...Read More »

Q&A with Rhonda Collins, DNP, RN, FAAN, chief nursing officer

Healthcare Life Safety Compliance
March 8, 2022
Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

​Rhonda Collins, DNP, RN, FAAN, has served as the chief nursing officer for Vocera since January 2014. Previously, she was vice...Read More »

Nurses challenge CDC’s latest COVID-19 safety rollback

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
March 8, 2022
Infection Control, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

The latest rollback of COVID-19 safety guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a serious risk for prolonging the...Read More »

Review documentation for WPV, water management as you prep for survey

Healthcare Safety Leader
March 8, 2022
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Workplace safety

Be sure that your leadership has signed off on workplace...Read More »

Three secrets regarding contamination in the laboratory

March 1, 2022
Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

Pete picked up a rack of specimens that needed to be delivered to the serology lab across the hall. He wore gloves because he was handling...Read More »

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