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Lab safety: Totally tubular

December 18, 2025

Physical environment, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

If you’ve ever ridden a roller coaster, you have some idea about what specimens go through when being transported via a pneumatic tube system (PTS). They, too, experience twists and turns, shaking, an...

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Hazardous material storage in the laboratory

December 18, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

You can have clutter in your bedroom, your car, or your home closet, but you can’t have it in your laboratory. Hazardous chemicals can’t be stored above eye level, boxes can’t block exits, combustible...

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Keep stock of masks and ventilators: Public health emergency to end but COVID-19 cases will continue

December 18, 2025

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

Be prepared for COVID-19 cases to increase in number and potentially severity if the general public becomes too lax in vaccination, testing, and using precautions once the public health emergency (PHE...

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Focus on medical study solutions, not the dramatic statistics

December 18, 2025

Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

When reading a medical study, providers should focus more on the suggestions and solutions it offers—not just shocking or dramatic statistics, says Brad Truax, MD, a board-certified physician in neuro...

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Faster than the eye can follow

December 18, 2025

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

Pete began his shift in the hematology department. He liked to use the counter-mounted safety shield when opening specimens because he didn’t like to wear goggles over his eyeglasses. When it was time...

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Remember to update your facility’s list of hazardous chemicals

December 18, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

Remember to update your facility’s list of hazardous chemicals and materials at least annually, possibly more often depending on your state and local regulations. ...

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Part 1: Heidi Raines on sustaining a culture of safety

December 18, 2025

Physical environment, Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors, Healthcare Staff, Workplace safety

Creating and sustaining a culture of safety has been a challenge for many healthcare organizations, but the objective value in having one can’t be overstated. Organizations like the Institute for Heal...

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Part 2: Heidi Raines on sustaining a culture of safety

December 18, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

This is the second part of our interview with Heidi Raines, the CEO and founder of Performance Health Partners and author of “Shared Voices: A Framework for Patient and Employee Safety in Healthcare“ ...

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Lab Safety Man: Get leadership to act on lab safety issues

December 18, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

As a lab safety professional, it can be frustrating to see safety issues go unattended, especially after they have been reported. The apparent roadblocks to solutions may be a lack of funds, busy or d...

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Laboratory sanitizer policies post-COVID

December 18, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Laboratory Safety

If your lab or clinic hasn’t done so already, it will have to review its supply, storage, and placement of alcohol-based hand rub and sanitizers, says Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, a laboratory safety o...

Lab safety: Totally tubular

Hazardous material storage in the laboratory

Keep stock of masks and ventilators: Public health emergency to end but COVID-19 cases will continue

Focus on medical study solutions, not the dramatic statistics

Faster than the eye can follow

Remember to update your facility’s list of hazardous chemicals

Part 1: Heidi Raines on sustaining a culture of safety

Part 2: Heidi Raines on sustaining a culture of safety

Lab Safety Man: Get leadership to act on lab safety issues

Laboratory sanitizer policies post-COVID

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OSHA Dental Facilities Update - November 2023

OSHA Medical Facilities Update - November 2023

Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

Tab 2, Dental Facility OSHA Manual- August 2023

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