When reading a medical study, providers should focus more on the suggestions and solutions it offers—not just shocking or dramatic statistics, says Brad Truax, MD, a board-certified physician in neurology and internal medicine with over 20 years of experience in medical...
The main provision of the bill would require the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue a standard requiring healthcare and social service employers to write and implement a workplace violence prevention plan to prevent and protect employees from violent incidents...
When accreditation organization (AO) surveyors show up for survey, people automatically become nervous. The reaction is natural. Yes, the surveyors are there to find issues where you do not comply with the standards, but isn’t that a good thing?
Sharps safety is a perennial problem in the laboratory environment, and staff can become inured to the dangers that needles, syringes, and other sharps pose after dealing with them day in and day out.
We can finally close the book, so to speak, on survey year 2022 and, in so doing, ponder the forces that come into play to increase the degree(s) of difficulty when it comes to compliance. And, in case you hadn’t guessed, the forces that come into play in the (drum roll) physical environment.
Ensure your workers are up to date on respirator fit testing and falls protection protocols, especially if OSHA has cited your healthcare facility for those safety problems in the last five years. If the facility is found to be a “willful” repeat offender, the penalties could be much worse...
Between 2020 and 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, there were over 2.5 million reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis, which the report blames in part on the disruption to STI-related prevention and care services during the lockdown.
There are better ways to manage genetic testing. Implementing a lab stewardship program that encompasses the rapidly expanding genetic testing field can provide clarity for providers, improved care for patients, and savings for hospitals.
