Policies and Procedures

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has announced it intends to push back the compliance deadline for USP Chapter <800> “Hazardous Drugs...Read More »

The 2017 Chicago session of The Joint Commission’s annual Executive Briefings saw a far-ranging discussion on the future of accreditation....Read More »

Handoffs (also known as transitioning) are the passing of patients between caregivers, plus the information that caregivers exchange during the...Read More »

This September, a Missouri hospital found out the hard way that when not addressed quickly, restraint and seclusion deficiencies can threaten a...Read More »

A patient is being registered at a hospital. Registration requests to see identification, which states that the patient is male. However, the...Read More »

People can grow used to anything, even alarms. Such is the danger of alarm fatigue; when excessive and nuisance alerts cause healthcare staff to...Read More »

Editor’s note: The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) released its 2016–2017 Targeted Medication...Read More »

A recent study sheds new light on the prevalence of postoperative complications.

In November 2016, a study published in the British...Read More »

With suicide rates high and getting higher, hospitals and clinics need to revamp how they work with suicidal patients. The first step is...Read More »

In 2016, the ECRI Institute’s Partnership for  ...Read More »