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Healthcare Safety Leader

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Review medication security as high-profile incidents focus AOs on drug diversion

February 10, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Review security measures designed to stop drug diversion, and educate staff and providers about how to dispose properly of unused controlled substances. ...

Medical Environment Update

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Q&A: Building your dream laboratory

February 10, 2026

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...

Medical Environment Update

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Tips for working with the lab you have

February 10, 2026

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...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Consider using alternate equipment management to free up staff for critical compliance issues

February 10, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Cybersecurity & Technology

Make strategic use of alternate equipment management (AEM) plans to streamline your facility’s workload and eliminate unnecessary testing, suggests Richard L. Parker, CHFM, CLSS-HC, FACHE, FASHE, asso...

Mac's Safety Space

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Emergency management moves out into ambulatory care

February 10, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters

Well, not strictly speaking—I’m pretty sure we’ve been working on preparedness in the ambulatory care settings for a while now. I suspect that this is more of a recalibration to ensure that all applic...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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How to avoid computer-driven bias in patient care

February 26, 2024

Cybersecurity & Technology

While technology can help case managers speed up their workflow and identify high-risk patients, it can also introduce bias into processes. Learn how to prevent technology-based bias in patient care. ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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The benefits of exercise

February 10, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Physical environment

There is not one hospital in the United States that is immune from disasters, whether caused by internal system failures or events externally directed at them and the communities they serve. Yet many ...

Medical Environment Update

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

February 10, 2026

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...

Mac's Safety Space

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Making sure there’s enough breathing room: Updating medical gas systems

February 10, 2026

Patient Safety, Environment and Facilities

One of the many lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic is that medical gas system capacity is an important consideration. I suspect a lot of folks are giving serious consideration to how best to...

Medical Environment Update

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Lab Safety Man: The strange anatomy of a lab exposure

February 10, 2026

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...

Review medication security as high-profile incidents focus AOs on drug diversion

Q&A: Building your dream laboratory

Tips for working with the lab you have

Consider using alternate equipment management to free up staff for critical compliance issues

Emergency management moves out into ambulatory care

How to avoid computer-driven bias in patient care

The benefits of exercise

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

Making sure there’s enough breathing room: Updating medical gas systems

Lab Safety Man: The strange anatomy of a lab exposure

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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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