The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a great many things for healthcare, but it may have a particularly lasting impact on infection prevention programs. As the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology commented in a statement, “The pandemic has highlighted the need to strengthen infection prevention and...
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance - Volume 25, Issue 5
Lance Woolf, MBA, CHSP, former life safety surveyor for The Joint Commission, knows what’s top of mind for those charged with healthcare facilities management. Woolf currently is the director of life safety compliance at facilities compliance solutions provider Soleran, located...
RaDonda Vaught, the former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse who accidentally gave a patient a fatal dose of the wrong medicine, was sentenced to three years of supervised probation with no jail time. In March, Vaught was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of...
A survey of physicians found that a significant proportion of the clinicians had experienced mistreatment in the prior year, with patients and visitors the most common source of abuse, a new research article says.
Mistreatment of healthcare staff including workplace violence has become a...
The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) extended the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) another 90 days, but there are indications it might not last much longer.
In recognition that armed conflicts can have a wide-ranging impact, the HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (ASPR TRACIE) has put together a list of resources for such things as preparing for traumatic injuries...
One proposal to improve care quality at the national level is the creation of a National Patient Safety Board, which would gather best practices, research and analyze errors, and put out education materials on harm events.
Patient Safety Monitor Journal spoke with David B...
For many people, forgetting a daily dose of an ADHD, allergy, or other drug might be disruptive but not life threatening. However, for millions of Americans, taking the right medicine at the right time—for diabetes, heart disease, or seizures—can be a matter of life and death. For patients...
