Fill in the blank: Hospitals should comply with the hand hygiene guidelines published by ________ or _______....

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Hospitals that fail to stamp out verbal abuse among RNs and those that demand 12-hour shifts risk losing valuable employees to other organizations where working conditions are more favorable. Click th...

The Joint Commission has announced revisions to its Emergency Management standards intended to take into account leadership accountability for hospitals and critical access hospitals. Click the link a...

In case you missed it, OSHA’s Hazard Communications Standard has been revised to align with the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) and th...

Governing board members, senior leadership, and medical staff leadership should be oriented to seven hospital-specific terms. List at least five of them. ...

The Joint Commission has announced the creation of a National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG.06.01.01) addressing growing concerns surrounding alarm safety. Click the link above to read on. ...

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Mountain States Health Alliance's (MSHA) Franklin Woods Community Hospital (FWCH) in Johnson City, Tenn., is just over two years old, but it's accomplished a lot despite its young age. FWCH is already...

The Association for Healthcare Accreditation ­Professionals (AHAP), in its most recent poll of members, targeted the concept of patient flow in the emergency department (ED). Rather than follow the or...