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

E to the E to the E to the E: Next step(s) towards a reporting culture

Mac's Safety Space
January 24, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Workplace safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

Thinking that this...Read More »

In security we trust, insecurity we fear: Are you up for a challenge?

Mac's Safety Space
January 16, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

Last week we started...Read More »

PEARR: Treating abuse and violence victims, step by step

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
November 19, 2018
Patient Safety, Workplace safety

Holly Austin Gibbs has been the director of Dignity Health’s Human Trafficking Response Program since 2015. She is also a survivor of child sex...Read More »

Human trafficking and healthcare

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality
September 1, 2018
Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

Do you know the likelihood of recognizing a human trafficking victim? One who came to your facility seeking medical care? Sat with you, spoke with...Read More »

Q&A: The Joint Commission on human trafficking

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality
September 1, 2018
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

 In June, The Joint Commission Quick Safety Issue 42: Identifying Human Traf-ficking Victims was published. Elizabeth Even, MSN, RN, CEN...Read More »

Update: Identifying human trafficking patients alert

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
September 1, 2018
Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

If staff at your healthcare organization have not yet encountered a human trafficking victim, it is “very likely they will,” says ...Read More »

Diagnosing human trafficking when a patient is a victim

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
August 9, 2017
Patient Safety, Workplace safety

Physicians, nurses, and healthcare staff are in a unique position to help the human trafficking victims who walk through their doors. But for that...Read More »

Three keys to preventing workplace violence

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
July 14, 2017
Environment and Facilities, Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

This spring, Ann Scott Blouin, RN, PhD, FACHE, executive vice president of The Joint Commission, wrote a...Read More »

Looking at the biggest problems with PPE

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
February 22, 2017
Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

The failure of workers to comply with PPE guidance is a perennial issue in healthcare. While PPE protects workers from infection and harm, it also...Read More »

Taking aim at workplace violence

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality
December 27, 2016
Workplace safety

The problem of workplace violence (WPV) affects all industries, and it’s especially a concern for healthcare. But there are resources available...Read More »

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