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

ER doctor: Protect your staff from workplace violence

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
April 1, 2019
Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Amy Costigan, MD, wants to be able to practice emergency medicine without being punched in the face.Read More »

Eat, drink, and be safe: Some guidance on the care and feeding of staff

Mac's Safety Space
March 6, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

One of the more...Read More »

ER Doc: Protect Your Staff From Workplace Violence

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
February 26, 2019
Workplace safety

Amy Costigan, MD, ...Read More »

Don’t bleed before you are wounded, and if you can avoid being wounded…

Mac's Safety Space
February 7, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

…so much the better...Read More »

E to the E to the E to the E: Next step(s) towards a reporting culture

Mac's Safety Space
January 24, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Workplace safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

Thinking that this...Read More »

In security we trust, insecurity we fear: Are you up for a challenge?

Mac's Safety Space
January 16, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

Last week we started...Read More »

PEARR: Treating abuse and violence victims, step by step

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
November 19, 2018
Patient Safety, Workplace safety

Holly Austin Gibbs has been the director of Dignity Health’s Human Trafficking Response Program since 2015. She is also a survivor of child sex...Read More »

Human trafficking and healthcare

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality
September 1, 2018
Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

Do you know the likelihood of recognizing a human trafficking victim? One who came to your facility seeking medical care? Sat with you, spoke with...Read More »

Q&A: The Joint Commission on human trafficking

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality
September 1, 2018
Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

 In June, The Joint Commission Quick Safety Issue 42: Identifying Human Traf-ficking Victims was published. Elizabeth Even, MSN, RN, CEN...Read More »

Update: Identifying human trafficking patients alert

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
September 1, 2018
Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

If staff at your healthcare organization have not yet encountered a human trafficking victim, it is “very likely they will,” says ...Read More »

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