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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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The germs that should scare your clinic staff

April 17, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety

New superbugs are emerging that the CDC and other agencies say can’t be stopped. Here’s what you should do to keep them from overtaking your clinic. ...

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Taking steps to stop a nursing shortage before it starts

April 17, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors

At Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, nurse leaders have taken a preventive approach to the organization’s future workforce, using a little foresight and planning to fend off a potential crisis. ...

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Ensure EPA compliance: Ban all sewering of hazardous waste drugs

April 17, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Policies and Procedures

Review and update policies on the disposal of pharmaceuticals to prohibit the flushing of any drugs into the sewers. ...

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EPA offers definitions for new management of hazardous waste drugs

April 17, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Policies and Procedures

In February, the EPA published a long-awaited final rule on the management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals that creates a new section, Subpart P, under the federal Resource Conservation and Recover...

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Use of Tasers and other control weapons remains a debate in hospitals

April 17, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Carefully review whether you want to allow security officers to carry conducted-electrical weapons (CEW) such as Taser® devices on your facility grounds. ...

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Time to remind staff about the fire dangers with decorations

April 17, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

It’s October, so it’s about time to dust off the Scrooge costume for Halloween. ...

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Get ready to measure for accurate square footage — BBI is now required

April 17, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Get ready, folks: BBI is back! ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Joint Commission boosts antimicrobial stewardship, falls prevention programs

April 17, 2026

Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Joint Commission is strengthening an antimicrobial stewardship program started three years ago, hoping to get medical centers and other ambulatory healthcare facilities to follow the lead of many ...

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Study: 1 in 4 Healthcare Workers Lack Cybersecurity Training

April 17, 2026

Quality & Errors

Another 19% believe there is no reason to receive cybersecurity training at work. ...

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CMS posts new discharging rule; empowers patients

April 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures

A newly proposed rule by CMS would put into effect new discharge planning requirements that the agency says will give patients and their families access to in to information that will “help them to ma...

The germs that should scare your clinic staff

Taking steps to stop a nursing shortage before it starts

Ensure EPA compliance: Ban all sewering of hazardous waste drugs

EPA offers definitions for new management of hazardous waste drugs

Use of Tasers and other control weapons remains a debate in hospitals

Time to remind staff about the fire dangers with decorations

Get ready to measure for accurate square footage — BBI is now required

Joint Commission boosts antimicrobial stewardship, falls prevention programs

Study: 1 in 4 Healthcare Workers Lack Cybersecurity Training

CMS posts new discharging rule; empowers patients

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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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