Some things aren’t meant to be holey—like your hospital walls and ceilings. Despite that, 45% of last year’s hospital surveys were scored...Read More »
A couple of weeks ago, I was charged with picking up a prescription for my mother-in-law at a chain pharmacy. I dutifully picked up the ‘script...Read More »
Hospitals face an ongoing battle against drug diversion, particularly with controlled substance infusions. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these...Read More »
While safety procedures in the lab do take time to follow, they improve productivity in the long run by reducing employee accidents and injuries....Read More »
One of my friends recently shared a post on LinkedIn from a flight instructor that I think is well worth sharing here (which means you sort of...Read More »
If you’re at your hospital, lab, or clinic when reading this and look up, odds are you can see a sprinkler overhead ready to put out a fire. These...Read More »
When there isn’t an immediate consequence to an unsafe behavior, in the laboratory or elsewhere, people can easily mistake “nothing bad happened”...Read More »
This is part two of our interview with Kurt Patton, MS, RPH, founder of Patton Healthcare Consulting and a former director of accreditation...Read More »
Conducting mock surveys, also called preparatory surveys, is a great way to ready your staff and find problems before the real thing comes to your...Read More »
