Carefully review whether you want to allow security officers to carry conducted-electrical weapons (CEW) such as Taser® devices on your facility grounds.
At Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, nurse leaders have taken a preventive approach to the organization’s future workforce, using a little foresight and planning to fend off a potential crisis.
Michael R. Cohen, RPH, MS, ScD (hon.), DPS (hon.), FASHP, founder and president of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), discusses the current state of medication safety.
Expect even more focus on how hospitals help patients at risk of suicide soon after discharge, now that two suicide-related categories have been shown to make up the top five sentinel events for the first half of 2019.
In just eight months in 2019, measles cases spread to more than 30 states. Even if your state isn’t one of those, it’s worth your time to review outbreak preparations for both inside and outside your facility.
Heighten protection for your caregivers by reviewing the evidence of measles immunity for all facility personnel and going over measles protocols and procedures with staff.
