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Joint Commission to launch sustainability certification program in 2024 for hospitals

December 13, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Facilities can start working toward certification immediately and apply on January 1, 2024, or fill out a pre-application form before the formal launch date. ...

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NIOSH: Healthcare workers most injured by sharps

December 13, 2025

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

Most sharps injuries—84%—occur among healthcare workers, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) confirmed in a recently released analysis. Injuries from a needle or other sh...

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Using technology and efficiency to lessen burnout

December 13, 2025

Healthcare Staff, Cybersecurity & Technology

When the healthcare industry examines ever-growing burnout and staffing shortages, EHRs continue to top the list of reasons clinicians find themselves frustrated enough to step away. ...

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New testing and the future of antibiotic stewardship

December 13, 2025

Infection Control, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Antibiotic-resistance continues to be a challenge for the healthcare industry, as medical and public health professionals look for ways to combat it even as more multiple-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Climate change hurts healthcare; healthcare hurts climate change

December 13, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Health Equity

The research is definitive—climate change poses a threat to patients, providers, and healthcare organizations alike ...

Medical Environment Update

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Q&A: Can you make lab safety training engaging? : Part 2

December 13, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Sean G. Kaufman, CEO and founding partner of the lab safety company Safer Behaviors, offered Medical Environment Update some suggestions on engagement in a recent interview. ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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TJC providing surveyors with more training on IJ investigations, EC and LS requirements

September 19, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

At the urging of CMS, The Joint Commission has been providing surveyors with extra training on procedures related to investigating possible immediate jeopardy situations, as well as the use of open-en...

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CMS still working on updating State Operations Manual despite recent revision

September 19, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The date on the most recent edition of CMS State Operations Manual, Appendix A, now says it was revised as of July 21, 2023. But the latest update only involved one section. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac’s Safety Space: When you can’t swat back

September 18, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

Here are some things you can do to make it as difficult as possible for someone to “swat” your organization. ...

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CDC pushing environmental control reminders as respiratory infections tick upward

December 13, 2025

Infection Control, Patient Safety

The CDC is urging hospitals to implement broader source control as COVID-19 cases are spiking across the country along with an uptick in cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. Influenza is also...

Joint Commission to launch sustainability certification program in 2024 for hospitals

NIOSH: Healthcare workers most injured by sharps

Using technology and efficiency to lessen burnout

New testing and the future of antibiotic stewardship

Climate change hurts healthcare; healthcare hurts climate change

Q&A: Can you make lab safety training engaging? : Part 2

TJC providing surveyors with more training on IJ investigations, EC and LS requirements

CMS still working on updating State Operations Manual despite recent revision

Mac’s Safety Space: When you can’t swat back

CDC pushing environmental control reminders as respiratory infections tick upward

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