Regulations and safety standards help reduce medical errors, safeguard public health, and maintain operational accreditation and licensure....Read More »
Regulatory investigations, civil litigation, criminal enforcement actions, and reputational damage can all follow when hospitals fail to detect,...Read More »
Facilities need to evaluate splash zones and current practices for sink safety and consider implementing new strategies to minimize risk to...Read More »
Unlike CT scans or X-rays, MRI does not expose patients to ionizing radiation, helping cement its image as a lower-risk diagnostic tool. But...Read More »
The presence of lifts, slings, transfer benches, walkers, and mobility aids means little if hospitals cannot prove those de-vices are inspected,...Read More »
Explore the operational drift, nuisance alarms, construction disruptions, human response delays, and governance breakdowns that can weaken fire...Read More »
Preventable transmission events occur when disease vectors are overlooked or not identified by a facility’s surveillance systems, and they can...Read More »
Because specimen transport involves personnel coordination, handoffs, and environmental conditions, there are many possible points of failure...Read More »
In this guest column, Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, laboratory safety officer for multihospital system Sentara Healthcare in Virginia, and otherwise...Read More »
