The International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS) has released updated guidance on use of force in healthcare security settings.
Use of force in healthcare environments involves a variety of circumstances, including patient restraint, patient elopement, involuntary...
When you’re the only critical access hospital around for hundreds of miles, you’d better have the resources for treating patients in need of emergency care—or the means for quickly and effectively getting patients to the care they need.
Find a pharmacist, provider, or infection preventionist (IP) with a good grounding in antibiotic stewardship to tackle the responsibilities and requirements set out in six new hospital survey tags recently announced by CMS. Better yet, form a team of those experts.
Regularly check the humidity and temperature in storage areas for sterile supplies to ensure you are meeting requirements outlined in NFPA 99-2012 and highlighted in a recent Quick Safety alert from The Joint Commission.
Paul Calderwood is a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator, a Certified Fire Protection Specialist, a Certified Fire Plans Examiner, and a certified Fire Inspector and Instructor. He holds a master’s degree in emergency management and is an international speaker on that...
I am often asked how somebody responsible for laboratory safety, yet with other duties to fulfill, can do the job well. Today’s labs have tight staffing, tight budgeting, and a score of regulatory duties that must be accomplished—not all of which revolve around safety.
It’s time to review and revamp your pneumonia prevention policies. A collaboration of healthcare organizations has updated their pneumonia prevention and care guidelines for the first time in eight years. The guidelines include several new best practices and recommend against several current...
