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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Reducing healthcare carbon emissions: Using the AHRQ & IHI Primer on climate change at your clinic

February 11, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Health Equity

The idea of tackling climate change can seem immense, particularly for an already overworked healthcare staff, but breaking down sources of healthcare greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and setting reason...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac's Safety Space: Additional training may not bode well if you’re managing the environment

October 02, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

There are one or two takeaways from the recent CMS approval of our friends from Chicago to continue accrediting critical access hospitals that gave me pause. ...

Medical Environment Update

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Q&A: Addressing cultural challenges in the lab: Part 1

February 11, 2026

Laboratory Safety

It doesn’t take a lot to make a culture, but in the laboratory or clinic it takes a great deal of work to make a culture into a safety culture. Even when two facilities have the same polices and rules...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Separating fact from myth about substance abuse disorder

February 11, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health

Substance abuse and addiction are some of humanity’s oldest public health challenges. Much has been learned about the causes and treatment of substance abuse in the 8,000 years since Sumerians wrote o...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Time to review policy on holiday decorations and educate staff

February 11, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Halloween is almost upon us, followed by a two-month holiday season starting with Thanksgiving and going through New Year’s. That means it’s time to review your holiday decorating policy, update it as...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Executive Briefing 2023: TJC crafts certification for environmental sustainability

February 11, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Environmentally sustainable healthcare is not only a patient safety issue but can also save hospitals money in the long run, said executives with The Joint Commission (TJC) in introducing a new certif...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Work with staff in patient care areas to find storage space that meets NFPA requirements

February 11, 2026

Fire & Life Safety

Finding extra storage space in a hospital is always a challenge. But staff should be reminded that using stairwells, the ends of corridors, unused patient rooms or bathrooms, and empty offices for sto...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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CDC encourages hospitals to evaluate HVAC systems to ensure effective infection control

February 11, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

As cases of COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) continue to persist and influenza season picks up, the CDC is urging hospitals to check the efficiency of their heating, ventilation, and air...

Medical Environment Update

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Q&A: Addressing cultural challenges in the lab: Part 2

February 11, 2026

Laboratory Safety

This is the second part of our interview with Sean G. Kaufman, CEO and founding partner of the lab safety company Safer Behaviors, on cultural challenges in the laboratory setting and how to fix them....

Medical Environment Update

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Lab Safety Man: The risk of disaster

February 11, 2026

Laboratory Safety

Living in Virginia, hurricane season usually has me thinking about lab disaster plans and the risk of a real natural disaster. In the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, the highest hurricane ri...

Reducing healthcare carbon emissions: Using the AHRQ & IHI Primer on climate change at your clinic

Mac's Safety Space: Additional training may not bode well if you’re managing the environment

Q&A: Addressing cultural challenges in the lab: Part 1

Separating fact from myth about substance abuse disorder

Time to review policy on holiday decorations and educate staff

Executive Briefing 2023: TJC crafts certification for environmental sustainability

Work with staff in patient care areas to find storage space that meets NFPA requirements

CDC encourages hospitals to evaluate HVAC systems to ensure effective infection control

Q&A: Addressing cultural challenges in the lab: Part 2

Lab Safety Man: The risk of disaster

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STET CMS & tools

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

Chapter 2: Chapter Format and Tracer Planning