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Healthcare Safety Leader

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Put healthcare life safety compliance training and education front and center

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities

Training and education in any professional role can help individuals improve their skills and learning competencies. Training and education opportunities, however, often get sidelined by day-to-day du...

Mac's Safety Space

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Striking compliance gold – but first, you gotta drill…

March 28, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I promise that this one will be on the briefer side of things, but sometimes a straightforward approach can work out pretty well. As part of a gene...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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OSHA reopens limited comment on COVID-19 healthcare workers standard

March 24, 2022

Infection Control, Workplace safety

OSHA is asking for new comments on proposed revisions to a possible standard to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 exposure after getting pushback on the original. You can also put your name in ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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DNV resumes all annual surveys onsite and unannounced

March 23, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

As of May 2, DNV Healthcare will resume doing all its annual NIAHO® surveys onsite and unannounced now that COVID-19 rates are going down. ...

Medical Environment Update

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Healthcare’s role in community outreach during COVID-19

February 17, 2026

Patient Safety, Health Equity, Infection Control

Well over 18 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, taking stock of lessons learned and next steps can be a challenge. The industry has encountered a lot in a very compressed time frame, so focusing on sp...

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Establishing an executive protection plan

February 17, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

As part of that guidance, the IAHSS has issued the following statement: Enhanced security measures should be developed for the safety of individuals who may be exposed to elevated personal risk due to...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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IAC accredited facilities are committed to providing safe, quality care

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

This Content is Brought to you in Partnership with: Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) The ongoing pandemic has heightened awareness amongst patients as they seek to ensure that they are ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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One-third of nurses plan to quit their jobs in 2022, thanks to high stress and burnout

February 17, 2026

Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

Not all are leaving nursing; 40% plan to pursue a nursing role elsewhere. But nearly 32% of nurses plan to either retire or the field altogether, according to Nursing in the Time of COVID-19, an annua...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Master physician performance reviews

March 22, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Short of terminating a physician’s employment, appraising a physician’s performance is often the responsibility that administrative and medical staff leaders hate most. For many physicians, the phrase...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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10 recommendations to improve pandemic preparedness

February 17, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Federal, state, and local policy makers have a lot of work to do to prepare the country for the next pandemic, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) says in a ...

Put healthcare life safety compliance training and education front and center

Striking compliance gold – but first, you gotta drill…

OSHA reopens limited comment on COVID-19 healthcare workers standard

DNV resumes all annual surveys onsite and unannounced

Healthcare’s role in community outreach during COVID-19

Establishing an executive protection plan

IAC accredited facilities are committed to providing safe, quality care

One-third of nurses plan to quit their jobs in 2022, thanks to high stress and burnout

Master physician performance reviews

10 recommendations to improve pandemic preparedness

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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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