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Cleanliness sensors: Using technology to improve hand hygiene compliance

June 13, 2026

Infection preventionist Jessica Strauch shares an amusing anecdote to show how hand hygiene monitoring technology has improved the culture at Lutheran Medical Center in Colorado. Picture one of Luthe...

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Patient Safety Monitor Journal, August 2018

June 13, 2026

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Flu vaccine programs for providers: Making it legal, effective, and mandatory

June 13, 2026

With a new flu season right around the corner, now is the time for hospitals and other healthcare facilities to consider implementing a mandatory vaccination program for seasonal influenza. Some emplo...

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FDA: Only you can prevent surgery fires

June 13, 2026

This June, FDA issued an alert reminding healthcare professionals and facility staff of “factors that increase the risk of surgical fires on or near a patient.” The agency also recommended...

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Improve patient mobility in five easy steps

June 13, 2026

The benefits of mobility among hospitalized patients are well-known: decreased pressure ulcers, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and functional decline, to name a few. “Hospital-acquired pressure ul...

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Q&A: Focus put on dialysis

June 13, 2026

In patient safety, when hospital accreditors take an interest in something, you should as well. That is why you should be paying extra attention to your dialysis procedures. Each year, 468,000 patien...

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Eight steps to prevent and respond to sexual harassment by non-employees

June 13, 2026

Most employers are required by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and state law to guard against and respond to claims that an employee was sexually harassed by a coworker or manager. However, what emp...

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Patient Safety Monitor Journal, July 2018

June 13, 2026

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Update: Identifying human trafficking patients alert

June 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

If staff at your healthcare organization have not yet encountered a human trafficking victim, it is “very likely they will,” says Elizabeth Even, MSN, RN, CEN, associate director of Clinical Standards...

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AHRQ databases saved; ECRI takes over National Guidelines Clearinghouse

June 13, 2026

As promised, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has shut down its operation of the National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC). But on July 17, a day after the site went dark, ECRI Inst...

Cleanliness sensors: Using technology to improve hand hygiene compliance

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, August 2018

Flu vaccine programs for providers: Making it legal, effective, and mandatory

FDA: Only you can prevent surgery fires

Improve patient mobility in five easy steps

Q&A: Focus put on dialysis

Eight steps to prevent and respond to sexual harassment by non-employees

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, July 2018

Update: Identifying human trafficking patients alert

AHRQ databases saved; ECRI takes over National Guidelines Clearinghouse

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