Crying my eyes out: The never-ending story of emergency eyewash equipment!

October 7, 2019
Mac's Safety Space - Volume 13 Issue 10
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Workplace safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

October seems to be...Read More »

Infection control is front and center at annual TJC session

October 1, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 11
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

Infection control dominated the day’s presentations, which also looked at expectations for sterile compounding, Legionella control, using...Read More »

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, October 2019

October 1, 2019
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 20 Issue 10
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Subscribers, download this month's full PSMJ newsletterRead More »

Inside Accreditation and Quality, October 2019

October 1, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 10
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter Read More »

Wanna buy a watch? How about a patient watch?

September 30, 2019
Mac's Safety Space - Volume 13 Issue 9
Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

It’s been a while (...Read More »

Get ready to measure for accurate square footage — BBI is now required

September 24, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 10
Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Get ready, folks: BBI is back!Read More »

Time to remind staff about the fire dangers with decorations

September 24, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 10
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

It’s October, so it’s about time to dust off the Scrooge costume for Halloween. Read More »

Use of Tasers and other control weapons remains a debate in hospitals

September 24, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 10
Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Carefully review whether you want to allow security officers to carry conducted-electrical weapons (CEW) such as Taser® devices on your facility...Read More »

EPA offers definitions for new management of hazardous waste drugs

September 24, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 10
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Policies and Procedures

In February, the EPA published a long-awaited...Read More »

Ensure EPA compliance: Ban all sewering of hazardous waste drugs

September 24, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 1 Issue 10
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Policies and Procedures

Review and update policies on the disposal of pharmaceuticals to prohibit the flushing of any drugs into the sewers.Read More »

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