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New CMS antibiotic stewardship survey tags focus on leadership

August 09, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

Find a pharmacist, provider, or infection preventionist (IP) with a good grounding in antibiotic stewardship to tackle the responsibilities and requirements set out in six new hospital survey tags rec...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Check utility controls, labels as surveyors highlight improper storage of medical supplies

August 09, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment, Infection Control

Regularly check the humidity and temperature in storage areas for sterile supplies to ensure you are meeting requirements outlined in NFPA 99-2012 and highlighted in a recent Quick Safety alert from T...

Mac's Safety Space

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What does one do in the meantime…

February 12, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

...Interim Life Safety Measures and the art of the impairment. ...

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Q&A with Paul Calderwood on fire safety and prevention, LSC compliance

February 12, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety

Paul Calderwood is a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator, a Certified Fire Protection Specialist, a Certified Fire Plans Examiner, and a certified Fire Inspector and Instructor. He holds a maste...

Medical Environment Update

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Lab safety in seconds

February 12, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

I am often asked how somebody responsible for laboratory safety, yet with other duties to fulfill, can do the job well. Today’s labs have tight staffing, tight budgeting, and a score of regulatory dut...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Pneumonia guidelines updated for 2022

February 12, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

It’s time to review and revamp your pneumonia prevention policies. A collaboration of healthcare organizations has updated their pneumonia prevention and care guidelines for the first time in eight ye...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Using technology to improve observation rates and drive appropriate admissions

February 12, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology

For all their advantages, EHRs aren’t so good at detecting changes in patient status that separate those being observed and those who end up admitted. Nursing staff are often left to comb and click th...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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AMA survey cites patient concerns with data security

February 12, 2026

Cybersecurity & Technology, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Health Equity

More than 92% of patients say privacy is a right and their health data should not be available for purchase, the survey finds. Savvy Cooperative surveyed 1,000 patients at the start of 2022 for the...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Leapfrog makes recommendations to reduce diagnostic errors at hospitals

February 12, 2026

Patient Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology, Quality & Errors

In 2021, Leapfrog convened a National Advisory Group of medical experts to evaluate diagnostic practices in hospitals and to develop the first-of-its-kind report to improve diagnostic safety—Recognizi...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Monkeypox: CDC updates guidance for handling lab specimens, waste

August 02, 2022

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control, Workplace safety

Ensure staff know how to handle laboratory specimens as well as hazardous medical waste associated with suspected monkeypox patients. ...

New CMS antibiotic stewardship survey tags focus on leadership

Check utility controls, labels as surveyors highlight improper storage of medical supplies

What does one do in the meantime…

Q&A with Paul Calderwood on fire safety and prevention, LSC compliance

Lab safety in seconds

Pneumonia guidelines updated for 2022

Using technology to improve observation rates and drive appropriate admissions

AMA survey cites patient concerns with data security

Leapfrog makes recommendations to reduce diagnostic errors at hospitals

Monkeypox: CDC updates guidance for handling lab specimens, waste

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