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Multidrug-resistant infections can cost $4,600 per hospital stay

February 16, 2026

Infection Control

Infections linked to multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) cause a significant cost burden for U.S. healthcare, recent research shows. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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One of your sprinkler heads is loaded: Can you find it before they do?

April 08, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant And now, to the recap of the 10 most frequently cited standards during all of 2018 (in hospitals; other programs are a little more varied), as chosen ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Ebola, Zika, and the flu: CMS and CDC want action on emerging infections

February 16, 2026

Infection Control

Between antibiotics losing their effectiveness, people refusing to vaccinate, and constant lapses in infection control, the threat of disease should be on the top of every physician’s and nurse’s mind...

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CMS Warns Detroit Hospital to Improve IC Issues or Lose Funding

February 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has given Detroit Medical Center’s (DMC) Harper University Hospital until mid-April to correct its infection control problems or lose its federal f...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Spring safety: Tuning up your clinic security as it heats up

February 16, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Quality & Errors

Unless you take a good inventory of the safety issues around your facility, the medical clinic or laboratory can be dangerous when the weather warms up. Here are the things safety experts say you shou...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Talk down: Joint Commission on de-escalation

February 16, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Environment and Facilities, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

The practice of de-escalation isn’t as heavily researched or defined as other best practices. Even TJC’s alert cautions that there’s been little research done on its effectiveness. However, the positi...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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ER doctor: Protect your staff from workplace violence

February 16, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Amy Costigan, MD, wants to be able to practice emergency medicine without being punched in the face. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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PSMF takes aim at postoperative delirium in elders

February 16, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

“Surprisingly, the alien abductees have a support group, but our delirium patients don’t,” Pandharipande says. ...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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Case study: Air disaster response

February 16, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Leadership & Finance

In January 2009, all eyes were on the Hudson River when a plane flying out of New York’s LaGuardia Airport crash-landed in the river after striking a flock of geese. Thanks to fast acting by the pilot...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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Quick look: Accreditation-specific certifications

February 16, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Hospital quality leaders who find themselves growing more skilled and successful in continuous survey readiness (CSR) activities now have two accreditation-specific certifications available to them. T...

Multidrug-resistant infections can cost $4,600 per hospital stay

One of your sprinkler heads is loaded: Can you find it before they do?

Ebola, Zika, and the flu: CMS and CDC want action on emerging infections

CMS Warns Detroit Hospital to Improve IC Issues or Lose Funding

Spring safety: Tuning up your clinic security as it heats up

Talk down: Joint Commission on de-escalation

ER doctor: Protect your staff from workplace violence

PSMF takes aim at postoperative delirium in elders

Case study: Air disaster response

Quick look: Accreditation-specific certifications

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