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Create disaster kits to provide staff items they may need in an emergency

December 17, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Workplace safety

Create easy to store and quick to move disaster kits to provide staff items they may need in an emergency. ...

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Q&A: Building your dream laboratory

December 17, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Laboratory Safety

Imagine if you could have your perfect laboratory. Leadership gave you the green light and the funds for you to design, build, and equip a new lab however you like. What annoyances would you remove? W...

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Q&A: Cleaning out the bad SOPs in your laboratory

December 17, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Policies and Procedures

It is standard operating procedure (SOP) to have multiple SOPs in your laboratory or facility. SOPs cover everything from donning and doffing PPE to hand hygiene, the use of equipment, and the handlin...

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OSHA challenges for ambulatory surgery centers

March 04, 2024

Workplace safety

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) encounter distinct OSHA compliance challenges compared to other healthcare facilities, says Troy Lair, PhD, principal consultant of Elite Accreditation Consultants. Li...

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Lab Safety Man: The strange anatomy of a lab exposure

December 17, 2025

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

The lab manager reported to me that an employee had a body fluid splash to the mouth, and the manager and the employee both wanted to know if it should be reported. At this point, the story breaks dow...

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From false positives to focused prevention: The AI-driven approach against drug diversion

December 17, 2025

Healthcare Staff, Laboratory Safety

Hospital leaders only need to glance at the headlines from the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration’s Diversion Control Division to see the pervasiveness of drug diversion in hos...

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Tips for working with the lab you have

December 17, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Laboratory Safety

Last week we asked about your perfect dream laboratory—but there is a reason we called it a dream. Most healthcare organizations can’t afford to build new laboratories from the ground up and instead h...

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Waste management in the laboratory

December 17, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

The laboratory is a source for several potential waste streams and in the eyes of regulatory agencies, managing those streams is the responsibility of the department. Consider regular (non-hazardous) ...

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Laboratory safety in 2024

December 17, 2025

Laboratory Safety

It’s a new year, but the lab safety work continues, says Dan Scungio MT(ASCP), SLS, a laboratory safety officer for multihospital system Sentara Healthcare in Virginia. It’s the time of year when staf...

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Q&A: Swimming with sharks and effective lab training

January 16, 2024

Laboratory Safety

When you train your lab staff, are you raising their awareness on a topic, or are you teaching them how to respond to it? While both have their own merits, when a chemical is spilled or someone is stu...

Create disaster kits to provide staff items they may need in an emergency

Q&A: Building your dream laboratory

Q&A: Cleaning out the bad SOPs in your laboratory

OSHA challenges for ambulatory surgery centers

Lab Safety Man: The strange anatomy of a lab exposure

From false positives to focused prevention: The AI-driven approach against drug diversion

Tips for working with the lab you have

Waste management in the laboratory

Laboratory safety in 2024

Q&A: Swimming with sharks and effective lab training

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