CMS published a request for information on July 16, seeking public comments on potential updates to certain Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulations.
Healthcare fire and life safety programs are facing pressure from multiple directions, including workforce shortages, complex technologies, evolving codes and standards, and growing demands on facility teams.
Many MRI safety programs focus on events that resulted in actual patient harm, but near misses frequently provide the most valuable information and expose vulnerabilities before someone gets hurt.
In this guest column, Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, laboratory safety officer for multihospital system Sentara Healthcare in Virginia, and otherwise known as “Dan, the Lab Safety Man,” discusses the dangers of aerosol exposures from respiratory specimens.
As patient care continues to drift into new settings, infection remains a significant risk that must be properly addressed. Discover how outpatient facilities can better prevent infection.
Through its new Health Outcomes Accreditation and Community‑Focused Care Accreditation, the National Committee for Quality Assurance is reshaping accreditation around outcomes, community impact, and digital trust.
Fragmented oversight can affect malpractice exposure, so patient safety leaders need to show, through documentation, communication, escalation, and follow-up, that the organization recognized risk and responded appropriately.
Regulations and safety standards help reduce medical errors, safeguard public health, and maintain operational accreditation and licensure. However, they are only the minimum requirements and do not guarantee safety.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has approved Tentative Interim Amendment 1869 to NFPA 101, Life Safety Code®, officially allowing weapons detection systems to be incorporated within means of egress under specified conditions, effective May 2026.
