Hospitals face an ongoing battle against drug diversion, particularly with controlled substance infusions. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these...Read More »
While safety procedures in the lab do take time to follow, they improve productivity in the long run by reducing employee accidents and injuries....Read More »
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) outlined in a blog post, “Prioritizing Our Healthcare Workers: The Importance of...Read More »
The CMS Patient Safety Structural Measure (PSSM) went into effect this January for acute care hospitals and for cancer hospitals exempt from the...Read More »
If you’re at your hospital, lab, or clinic when reading this and look up, odds are you can see a sprinkler overhead ready to put out a fire. These...Read More »
When it comes to PPE and the role it plays in lab safety, little more can be said about its importance that the healthcare industry hasn’t already...Read More »
In the CDC’s most recent progress report on healthcare-associated infections (HAI), the agency found that between 2022 and 2023, there were major...Read More »
Because of the risk of physical injury, psychological trauma, or even death, CMS and Joint Commission (TJC) surveyors expect strict adherence to...Read More »
