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 »
Looking back on what was new and announced by The Joint Commission (TJC) and CMS during this year so far, there is a laundry list as usual. Among...Read More »
We continue our conversation with Jennifer Cowel, RN, MHSA, president of Patton Healthcare Consulting and Barrins & Associates and a former...Read More »
