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The Joint Commission proposes standard to tackle hospital impact on climate change

March 23, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Leadership & Finance

Hospitals may soon have to measure energy use, fleet vehicle gas consumption, solid waste disposal, and other measures under proposed climate change standards by The Joint Commission. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Staff safety: Hierarchy of controls

February 11, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Policies and Procedures, Healthcare Staff, Workplace safety

How do you remove harms and dangers from your medical environment? Safety officials have studied this question for years and found many innovative solutions to various issues. But when deciding what a...

Medical Environment Update

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Medication management resources

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

Though strides have been made, there are still cases of patients getting the wrong drug or the wrong dose of medication. The FDA receives over 100,000 reported cases of medication errors each year, an...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Life expectancy in the U.S. continues to fall after COVID-19; lower than in Cuba, Lebanon, and Czechia

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Health Equity

A new study has shown that life expectancy for the average American decreased to 76 years in 2021, down from 79 years in 2019. While almost every country saw a drop in life expectancy during 2020 and ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Addressing preventable deaths in maternal care

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

A recent CDC report found that four out of five pregnancy-related deaths are preventable. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Worried about fake credentials? Review your primary source verification processes now

March 28, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Recent news of more than 7,500 fraudulent nursing degrees being issued should serve as a shocking reminder for healthcare organizations to check their verification processes. ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Fire safety: An insider’s view on life safety compliance

March 28, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Fire safety expert discusses common problems and possible solutions in facilities compliance. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac’s Safety Space: Fires and construction—doing a good job even better

March 27, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Physical environment

While it is certainly the case that healthcare is doing a good job in managing the risks of fire during construction, there still appears to be an opportunity for improvement, small thought it may be....

Medical Environment Update

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OSHA: Contractor safety in the lab environment

February 11, 2026

Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

“When contractors are hired, there should be an agreement which designates which agency will provide which [safety] requirements,” Scungio says. “The bottom line is that contracted employees must foll...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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IHI: The transformative power of equity in healthcare

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Health Equity

IHI President Kedar Mate sat down with Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, the chief health equity officer and the senior vice president for the AMA, and Glenn Harris, the president of Race Forward and publisher...

The Joint Commission proposes standard to tackle hospital impact on climate change

Staff safety: Hierarchy of controls

Medication management resources

Life expectancy in the U.S. continues to fall after COVID-19; lower than in Cuba, Lebanon, and Czechia

Addressing preventable deaths in maternal care

Worried about fake credentials? Review your primary source verification processes now

Fire safety: An insider’s view on life safety compliance

Mac’s Safety Space: Fires and construction—doing a good job even better

OSHA: Contractor safety in the lab environment

IHI: The transformative power of equity in healthcare

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OSHA Dental Facilities Update - November 2023

OSHA Medical Facilities Update - November 2023

Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

Tab 2, Dental Facility OSHA Manual- August 2023

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