Keeping healthcare workers safe and healthy is a crucial part of maintaining a high quality healthcare facility

It appears that everything isn’t meant to be OK…

December 3, 2019
Mac's Safety Space - Volume 13 Issue 12
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Workplace safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

You may recall a few...Read More »

Half of surgery residents report harassment, bullying

November 5, 2019
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 13 Issue 47
Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

Half of general surgery residents reported experiencing workplace harassment at least a few times a year, with much of the mistreatment coming...Read More »

Crying my eyes out: The never-ending story of emergency eyewash equipment!

October 7, 2019
Mac's Safety Space - Volume 13 Issue 10
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Workplace safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

October seems to be...Read More »

Inside Accreditation and Quality, October 2019

October 1, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 10
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter Read More »

Use of Tasers and other control weapons remains a debate in hospitals

September 24, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 10
Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Carefully review whether you want to allow security officers to carry conducted-electrical weapons (CEW) such as Taser® devices on your facility...Read More »

An El Paso hospital trained for a mass shooting

September 10, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 10
Workplace safety

Then they got the real thingRead More »

TJC returns focus to human trafficking

August 20, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 9
Patient Safety, Workplace safety

“The timing couldn’t be better to train staff to recognize these victims,” says TJC associate director Elizabeth Even, MSN, RN, CENRead More »

Use these strategies to reduce conflict and violence in your hospital

August 13, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 9
Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

Have staff employ these tips and strategies when interacting with patients to decrease tensions and improve patient care.  Read More »

Trauma-informed care: Seeing through the patient’s eyes

August 6, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 9
Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

Caregivers should tailor their processes to account for the stress and fear many victims of abuse and human trafficking feel when brought into the...Read More »

TJC: Abuse and human trafficking patients

July 16, 2019
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 13 Issue 31
Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

TJC posted two blog items this July, one on providing trauma informed care to patients who’ve been abused and the other on identifying human...Read More »

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