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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Locking up before you go: Security and continued operations amid an evacuation

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities

Getting your patients and staff out of harm’s way is always the number one priority during an evacuation, and it might not always be practical to do a step-by-step lockdown of your facility or take al...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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I-PASS reaches major milestones

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety, Quality & Errors

Handoff process marks five years of success Failures in communication frequently prompt medical errors, which make up one of the leading causes of death in the United States, behind heart dise...

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How to use an early warning system for sepsis in the emergency department

February 13, 2026

Infection Control

The recent research article, which was published by Critical Care Medicine, describes the results of a randomized, controlled quality improvement initiative conducted at The MetroHealth System in Clev...

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Q&A: What’s different about working with LEP and ESL patients?

February 13, 2026

Health Equity, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Language shouldn’t be a barrier to good healthcare. Hospitals, clinics, and healthcare providers are required to offer interpretation services to anyone who walks in their door, be they English as a s...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Analytics and hospital pharmacies: Building a successful program

February 13, 2026

Quality & Errors

Hospital pharmacies have their work cut out for them. They need to perform mission-critical responsibilities that enable both quality patient care and reliable operational continuity. There’s valu...

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Focusing on adverse drug events is still crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic

February 13, 2026

Quality & Errors

The nation’s hospitals continue to grapple with COVID-19, a pandemic that has strained staff and resources like never before. But even amid this ongoing public health emergency, it’s important to not ...

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MemorialCare making great strides in reducing patient harm

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

The Fountain Valley, California-based MemorialCare health system has made significant progress in decreasing patient harm. Patient safety has been a pressing issue in healthcare since 1999, with th...

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Joint Commission issues new workplace violence standards

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

The Joint Commission, which oversees accreditation of hospitals and other healthcare facilities, issued new and revised workplace violence standards that take effect January 1, 2022. The workplace vio...

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Hurricane Ida illustrates need for plans within emergency plans

August 30, 2021

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Review your emergency preparedness plans to ensure you have contingency plans for emergencies within an emergency, and drill staff on evacuating patients up or down stairwells. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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And now a brief word from…

August 30, 2021

Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant The source of any number of potential nightmares… Sorry for the extraordinarily late notice on this, but our friends at the Occupational Safety &am...

Locking up before you go: Security and continued operations amid an evacuation

I-PASS reaches major milestones

How to use an early warning system for sepsis in the emergency department

Q&A: What’s different about working with LEP and ESL patients?

Analytics and hospital pharmacies: Building a successful program

Focusing on adverse drug events is still crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic

MemorialCare making great strides in reducing patient harm

Joint Commission issues new workplace violence standards

Hurricane Ida illustrates need for plans within emergency plans

And now a brief word from…

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