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Healthcare Safety Leader

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Answer to last issue’s hospital safety forensics photo question

February 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters

In the last Healthcare Safety Leader, we noted the caustic chemicals found in the basement of a hospital by Ernest E. Allen, ARM, CSP, CPHRM, CHFM, a former life safety surveyor and now Life Safety co...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Federal rules on vaccinations supersede state or local orders

February 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

In case you missed it, here’s a compilation of breaking news from the Accreditation & Quality Compliance Center since Healthcare Safety Leader was last published. by A.J. Plunkett (aplunkett@decisi...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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What’s up in 2022? New standards, recurring problems, and playing catchup

February 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In the upcoming year, surveys will include new standards, revised requirements, modified processes and procedures, and a continued focus on infection control and fire safety. However, none of that pro...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Caring for the caregivers: A look at improving care after discharge

February 16, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

An estimated 47.9 million adults—more than 19% of the population—provide informal care for an adult in their lives. What goes on outside of the hospital or care facility is no small ask, either: Two C...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Nursing suicide prevention model recognized as an edge runner by the American Academy of Nursing

February 16, 2026

Workplace safety, Behavioral & Mental Health

The Suicide Prevention in Nursing: Breaking the Silence model, inspired by the first national longitudinal study of U.S nurse suicide, has been recognized as an Academy Edge Runner by the American Aca...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Vary your fire drills because surveyors will be checking

February 16, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Fire & Life Safety

Vary the start time of your quarterly fire drills by at least an hour on each shift because surveyors will be checking. And beware of establishing a pattern of scheduling drills because both The Jo...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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All hazards planning: What to do when the earth shakes and water fails

February 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Located in the Mojave Desert, Ridgecrest Regional Hospital in Ridgecrest, California, is a critical access hospital that is closer to Las Vegas than it is a major earthquake fault line. Still, there h...

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Federal rules on vaccinations supersede state or local orders

February 16, 2026

Policies and Procedures, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

The new, temporarily suspended CMS interim final rule (IFR) that requires staff vaccinations against COVID-19 will supersede state or local laws or orders that prevent vaccine mandates, notes Marge Mc...

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First time in facilities compliance? Here’s some tips from experts

February 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The first time in any job can be hard, but learning the ins and outs of survey compliance in facilities management—with standards on top of regulations on top of local requirements on top of state req...

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Securing healthcare data: Protecting mainframes during COVID and beyond

February 16, 2026

Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Even pre-pandemic, hospitals were prime targets for hackers and other online threats. That condition has only grown worse over the past 18 months, with vaccine infrastructure becoming a tempting targe...

Answer to last issue’s hospital safety forensics photo question

Federal rules on vaccinations supersede state or local orders

What’s up in 2022? New standards, recurring problems, and playing catchup

Caring for the caregivers: A look at improving care after discharge

Nursing suicide prevention model recognized as an edge runner by the American Academy of Nursing

Vary your fire drills because surveyors will be checking

All hazards planning: What to do when the earth shakes and water fails

Federal rules on vaccinations supersede state or local orders

First time in facilities compliance? Here’s some tips from experts

Securing healthcare data: Protecting mainframes during COVID and beyond

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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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