Inside Accreditation and Quality, October 2019

October 1, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 10
Accreditation, Environment and Facilities, Workplace Violence, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

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Use of Tasers and other control weapons remains a debate in hospitals

September 24, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 10
Environment and Facilities, Workplace Violence, Policies and Procedures

Carefully review whether you want to allow security officers to carry conducted-electrical weapons (CEW) such as Taser® devices on your facility...Read More »

An El Paso hospital trained for a mass shooting

September 10, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 10
Workplace Violence

Then they got the real thingRead More »

TJC returns focus to human trafficking

August 20, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 9
Workplace Violence, Patient Safety

“The timing couldn’t be better to train staff to recognize these victims,” says TJC associate director Elizabeth Even, MSN, RN, CENRead More »

Use these strategies to reduce conflict and violence in your hospital

August 13, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 9
Mental Health, Workplace Violence, Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention

Have staff employ these tips and strategies when interacting with patients to decrease tensions and improve patient care.  Read More »

Trauma-informed care: Seeing through the patient’s eyes

August 6, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 9
Workplace Violence, Joint Commission, Patient Safety

Caregivers should tailor their processes to account for the stress and fear many victims of abuse and human trafficking feel when brought into the...Read More »

TJC: Abuse and human trafficking patients

July 16, 2019
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 13 Issue 31
Workplace Violence, Joint Commission, Patient Safety

TJC posted two blog items this July, one on providing trauma informed care to patients who’ve been abused and the other on identifying human...Read More »

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, July 2019

July 1, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 7
Workplace Violence, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention

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Illinois passes workplace violence law

June 25, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 7
Workplace Violence, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

In a sweeping act of legislation that may affect the future of healthcare safety, late last year the state of Illinois passed a workplace violence...Read More »

Sexual assault victim sues the hospital that treated her

May 20, 2019
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 13 Issue 21
Workplace Violence, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

The Missouri plaintiff claims that an x-ray technician at ...Read More »

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