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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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No new talks planned as 3-day nurses strike starts in Twin Cities, Duluth

February 17, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Health Equity, Healthcare Staff, Workplace safety

Nurses at 15 hospitals in the Twin Cities and northern Minnesota began a three-day walkout Monday morning, September 12, 2022. The strike started at 7 a.m. and is scheduled to last until early Thur...

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5,217 nurses were assaulted on the job just in Q2 2022

February 17, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

That equates to more than two nursing personnel assaulted every hour; 57 per day; and 1,739 per month, the data reveals. “Nurses take an oath to do no harm, and many put their own safety and health...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Six strategies to reduce patient discharge and care transition risk

February 17, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

The U.S. healthcare staffing crisis is severely impacting patients. Among other effects, it is causing a dramatic increase in the length of expensive hospital stays. Four in 10 hospitals have strug...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Survey time: Check your ice machine outlets, brush up on IC, staff safety

September 06, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Joint Commission is still catching up on the surveys backlogged during the COVID-19 pandemic—but they are catching up. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Five things healthcare organizations can do to improve patient engagement and quality of care

February 17, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology, Quality & Errors

Most healthcare providers understand the importance of patient engagement. In value-based care, it’s key to optimizing patient outcomes, which leads to better-value care overall. But since 2020, pa...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Solutions for a broken healthcare system

February 17, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

In the United States, one could easily ask, “If we could make one important fix to our disjointed healthcare system, what would it be?” We could even take the expectation of “one fix” out of the quest...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CMS revised guidance offers nursing homes flexibility in nurse aide training

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Healthcare Staff

Nursing homes struggling to get uncertified temporary nurse aides (TNA) trained to federal training requirements by the Oct. 7 deadline now have more flexibility. ...

Medical Environment Update

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A pox on lab safety

February 17, 2026

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

There is a new “pox” on lab safety—monkeypox. Like the most recent novel virus (COVID-19), the unknowns about the monkeypox virus are creating new safety concerns for laboratorians, and it is now time...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Surgical fire and IC risks, and EC problems highlighted on survey

September 13, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Infection Control, Fire & Life Safety

Check your eyewash stations, verify air pressure relationships, ensure exit signs are functioning, review surgical instruments for proper sterilization, ensure food temperatures are within range, and ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Unauthorized field modifications – what you don’t know can hurt you

September 12, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I have an absolutely clear understanding that there are very few (OK, very, very, very few) healthcare facilities for which there is enough space for ...

No new talks planned as 3-day nurses strike starts in Twin Cities, Duluth

5,217 nurses were assaulted on the job just in Q2 2022

Six strategies to reduce patient discharge and care transition risk

Survey time: Check your ice machine outlets, brush up on IC, staff safety

Five things healthcare organizations can do to improve patient engagement and quality of care

Solutions for a broken healthcare system

CMS revised guidance offers nursing homes flexibility in nurse aide training

A pox on lab safety

Surgical fire and IC risks, and EC problems highlighted on survey

Unauthorized field modifications – what you don’t know can hurt you

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OSHA Dental Facilities Update - November 2023

OSHA Medical Facilities Update - November 2023

Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

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