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Webinar - Patient Handoffs: Stop Errors and Improve Compliance

February 16, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

June 27, 1:00–2:30 p.m. Eastern Learn from international patient handoff expert Emily Patterson, PhD, as she teaches you how to adapt mnemonics, tools, and best practices to your facility. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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One size fits all…or one size fits none

June 25, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant In a world in which the economies of scale don’t always economize, I keep running into situations and/or conditions that result from trying to make so...

Mac's Safety Space

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Don’t Call It A Comeback: The Statement of Conditions breathes again!

June 25, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Not a whole lot going on in the July 2019 issue of Perspectives, but it appears that a little more consideration will need to be paid to the Statement...

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Use this checklist to review your training and education compliance

February 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Check your training and education goals against this checklist, primarily compiled from hospital standards by The Joint Commission (TJC) as well as other sources. ...

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Doing more harm than good? Study finds healthcare workers often provide care while ill

February 16, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety

Many healthcare workers may be putting patients at risk by continuing to work when they have symptoms of cold, flu, or other respiratory illnesses, according to a new study published in Infection Cont...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Better care of vision-impaired patients would save $500M annually

February 16, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Vision-impaired hospital patients have worse clinical outcomes, more readmissions, longer lengths of stay, and higher costs of care than non-vision-impaired patients, recent research shows. ...

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Ticks and Lyme Disease

February 16, 2026

Infection Control

But out in the grasses, forests, and fields are ticks. Lots of them. And these arachnids are carrying nasty and painful diseases, from the well-known (Lyme disease) to less common (Powassan encephalit...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Over 50% of hospital infections could be prevented with proper protocols

February 16, 2026

Infection Control

A new study claims that healthcare organizations can reduce healthcare–associated infections (HAI) by more than half, simply by upping their game on infection control practices. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Making stock, taking stock: Emergency inventory madness!

June 18, 2019

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant In trolling The Joint Commission’s FAQ page for interesting tidbits to share, I came across the entry regarding the thought process around the establi...

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Incomplete processes, insufficient documentation were top concerns in HFAP surveys

February 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

A new report released by the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) says its surveyors found that in 2018, healthcare organizations had the most problems with the development of policies, ...

Webinar - Patient Handoffs: Stop Errors and Improve Compliance

One size fits all…or one size fits none

Don’t Call It A Comeback: The Statement of Conditions breathes again!

Use this checklist to review your training and education compliance

Doing more harm than good? Study finds healthcare workers often provide care while ill

Better care of vision-impaired patients would save $500M annually

Ticks and Lyme Disease

Over 50% of hospital infections could be prevented with proper protocols

Making stock, taking stock: Emergency inventory madness!

Incomplete processes, insufficient documentation were top concerns in HFAP surveys

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