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Healthcare industry group predicts patient care disruptions due to EPA regulations

December 13, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Patient Safety

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) predicts “significant” patient care “disruptions” will result from the EPA’s proposed regulations to slash ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions by 80%, accordin...

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Virtual reality decreases nursing students’ unease in treating anxiety-prone patients

December 13, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Policies and Procedures, Healthcare Staff

Full-immersion virtual reality simulation decreased nursing students’ anxiety levels when communicating with anxious patients, says new research published in the September issue of Clinical Simulation...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Safety lessons that healthcare can learn from aviation: Part 1

December 13, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

There are key differences between healthcare and aviation, says Jeffrey Salvon-Harman, MD, CPE, CPPS, vice president at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and an aviation safety expert. Bu...

Medical Environment Update

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Lab Safety Man: Three rules regarding chemical waste in the laboratory

December 13, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

The lab technologist approached the lab safety officer (LSO) to ask what should be done with a collection of liquid wastes that were collected from the chemistry analyzers. The LSO had worked with mul...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Add ransomware attacks to emergency risk management and planning

September 05, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Which would you rather do? Tell someone in the C-suite the hospital is facing a CMS immediate jeopardy ruling because the staff was so overwhelmed by paper drug prescriptions after a ransomware attack...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Ask your pharmacy team about USP compliance ahead of November 1 deadline

September 05, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Sit down with pharmacy leadership and review section-by-section compliance with the revised U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) standards on medication compounding because The Joint Commission (TJC), the Accredit...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac’s Safety Space: Managing aggressive behavior—some next steps to consider

September 04, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

Among the many unique challenges to healthcare safety and security folks, the management of aggressive behavior and workplace violence probably stands a little more prominently in the hierarchy. ...

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CDC launches Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements to help sepsis patients

December 13, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

On August 24, the CDC launched the Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements, with seven core elements aimed at strengthening survival and recovery rates for all sepsis patients. Hospitalized patients wit...

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Feds seek help with healthcare cybersecurity protection

December 13, 2025

Cybersecurity & Technology

Federal officials are looking for help developing cybersecurity solutions to address healthcare data breaches. ...

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Healthcare facilities called upon to continue masking

December 13, 2025

Infection Control

Healthcare facilities should continue to have masking policies despite the fact that the crisis phase of the coronavirus pandemic has passed, according to a new journal article. ...

Healthcare industry group predicts patient care disruptions due to EPA regulations

Virtual reality decreases nursing students’ unease in treating anxiety-prone patients

Safety lessons that healthcare can learn from aviation: Part 1

Lab Safety Man: Three rules regarding chemical waste in the laboratory

Add ransomware attacks to emergency risk management and planning

Ask your pharmacy team about USP compliance ahead of November 1 deadline

Mac’s Safety Space: Managing aggressive behavior—some next steps to consider

CDC launches Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements to help sepsis patients

Feds seek help with healthcare cybersecurity protection

Healthcare facilities called upon to continue masking

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