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Medical Environment Update

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Q&A: Can you make lab safety training engaging? : Part 1

February 11, 2026

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

Getting staff engaged with safety training can be the difference between them remembering how to do something safely and them injuring themselves or others. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Safety lessons healthcare can learn from aviation: Part 2

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Airlines and aviation have often been held up as standards for safety, but can what they do apply to hospitals, clinics, labs, and other healthcare organizations? This is Part 2 of our interview wi...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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FDA approves new round of COVID-19 vaccines

February 11, 2026

Infection Control

On September 11, the FDA approved new COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna, Pfizer, and BioNTech for patients 12 and older. In an emergency, the vaccines can be given to children ages 6 months to 11 years o...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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The medical library: A hospital’s most underappreciated asset

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

The impact of medical librarians is well documented. In one experiment, a group of primary care providers had the opportunity to send clinical questions to a rapid-response medical librarian. They rec...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Patient volume expected to rebound in fall following summer dip

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety

Hospitals could experience a rise in patient volume in the coming months, especially on the outpatient side, after a decline in the summer. ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Review sterile processing decontamination area for common deficiencies

September 12, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Sterile processing departments have and will continue to receive a lot of scrutiny during surveys. That is also where hospitals can see a lot of high-risk deficiencies or even a ruling of immediate th...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Use available databases to track drug shortages in wake of disasters and international events

September 12, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Quality & Errors

With the scarcity of many drugs reaching an all-time high, 99% of hospital pharmacists surveyed recently said they were seeing shortages, and a third of those said the shortages were having a critical...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac’s Safety Space: How do you risk assessment?

September 11, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

If I have learned nothing over the course of the last little while, it is that the administration of the risk assessment process in any organization is as close to an essential undertaking as any I ca...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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ACHC reapproved as accrediting organization for another 4 years

September 05, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Expect ACHC surveyors to pay more attention to the Life Safety Code® and to consider possibly more severe deficiencies after a review by CMS. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CDC offers hurricane safety tips

February 11, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

In the wake of Tropical Storm Hilary in California and Hurricane Idalia in the Gulf Coast, make sure that your patients and staff know how to stay safe after a major storm or flooding. The CDC has put...

Q&A: Can you make lab safety training engaging? : Part 1

Safety lessons healthcare can learn from aviation: Part 2

FDA approves new round of COVID-19 vaccines

The medical library: A hospital’s most underappreciated asset

Patient volume expected to rebound in fall following summer dip

Review sterile processing decontamination area for common deficiencies

Use available databases to track drug shortages in wake of disasters and international events

Mac’s Safety Space: How do you risk assessment?

ACHC reapproved as accrediting organization for another 4 years

CDC offers hurricane safety tips

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