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Medical Environment Update

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Pillars of prevention: the critical role of oversight committees in combating drug diversion

June 13, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors

The establishment of a drug diversion oversight committee is critical for healthcare facilities. As the healthcare industry grapples with the imperative to mitigate the unauthorized use or misappropri...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Workforce planning’s role in patient safety: Part 1

January 02, 2024

Patient Safety, Workplace safety

While artificial intelligence might be headline news, healthcare and medicine will remain the domain of human caregivers for a long time to come. Doctors to diagnose illnesses, nurses to care for pati...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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IAHSS approves guidelines for using K-9 security units in healthcare facilities

June 13, 2026

Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

As hospitals continue to tackle the challenges of keeping staff and patients safe, some facilities are considering bolstering their security with K-9 forces. In response, the International Association...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac’s Safety Space: Looking forward is looking back…

June 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

Or is looking back looking forward? First off, I want to wish you all the very brightest and most prosperous New Year—it’s been a while since a new year has totally delivered on its promise, but I ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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CMS, accreditors update part of process for ligature risk deficiencies

December 19, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety

Hospitals no longer must worry about new—or in some cases even old—ligature risk extension requests (LRER) for deficiencies that cannot be corrected within 60 days. However, hospitals still need to pe...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Emergency readiness in healthcare through smart solutions

December 19, 2023

Fire & Life Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology

In an era of rapid technological advancement and shifting regulatory landscapes, healthcare facilities face the dual challenge of ensuring patient safety and meeting stringent compliance standards. Or...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac’s Safety Space: The challenges of compliance may have never been as daunting as they are now!

December 19, 2023

Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures

As we enter the final moments of 2023 (we won’t be publishing the week of December 25, so I shan’t be pestering you about stuff and nonsense), I continue to reflect on the struggle (and, believe me, t...

Medical Environment Update

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Q&A: Accountability and compliance in the laboratory

December 19, 2023

Laboratory Safety

How a laboratory approaches mistakes, successes, and compliance with rules are all equally important, says Sean G. Kaufman, CEO and founding partner of the lab safety company Safer Behaviors—and it al...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Hospitals without safe patient handling and mobility programs don’t know what they are missing

December 19, 2023

Patient Safety, Healthcare Staff

Safe patient handling and mobility programs (SPHM) help reduce injuries to both patients and staff throughout long-term care facilities, acute care facilities, home healthcare, and other high-risk are...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Scheduled maintenance notification

December 13, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

We will be conducting planned service maintenance for the Accreditation & Quality Compliance Center on Saturday, December 16, 2023, beginning at 7:00 a.m. ET. The maintenance should not exceed 3 h...

Pillars of prevention: the critical role of oversight committees in combating drug diversion

Workforce planning’s role in patient safety: Part 1

IAHSS approves guidelines for using K-9 security units in healthcare facilities

Mac’s Safety Space: Looking forward is looking back…

CMS, accreditors update part of process for ligature risk deficiencies

Emergency readiness in healthcare through smart solutions

Mac’s Safety Space: The challenges of compliance may have never been as daunting as they are now!

Q&A: Accountability and compliance in the laboratory

Hospitals without safe patient handling and mobility programs don’t know what they are missing

Scheduled maintenance notification

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Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

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