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Healthcare Safety Leader

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Remember security concerns when planning construction projects

May 03, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Workplace safety

Hospital projects have slowed throughout the pandemic as construction supplies and worker shortages, along with infection control mandates, have hindered progress nationwide. As the pandemic begins to...

Mac's Safety Space

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I pity the fools that don’t use the tools…

May 02, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

A fairly brief missive this week primarily to alert you to a couple of newly available/accessible resources. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Six strategies to strengthen post-COVID infection prevention

February 12, 2026

Infection Control

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a great many things for healthcare, but it may have a particularly lasting impact on infection prevention programs. As the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology comment...

Medical Environment Update

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Key trends and cautionary tales: Staffing shortages and patient safety

February 12, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Health Equity, Workplace safety

Ask any healthcare executive to name the biggest issue that will demand their attention in 2022, and the response will be staffing shortages and their impact on patient safety. Those focused on improv...

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Preparing for the 96-hour emergency operations standard

February 12, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Ready to be operable for 96 hours in the event of an emergency? As stated in The Joint Commission’s elements of performance (EP) for standard EM.02.01.01, hospitals must comply in the following way...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Overwhelming hardship wrought by the pandemic created 'moral distress' in frontline nurses

February 12, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety, Infection Control

Nurses on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic suffered overwhelmingly from "moral distress," says a new study from researchers at DePaul University’s School of Nursing in Chicago. The study's pur...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Mandatory hospital sepsis protocols save thousands of lives

February 12, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

The establishment of mandatory sepsis protocols at all hospitals in New York State is estimated to have saved more than 16,000 lives between 2015 and 2019, according to the New York State Department o...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Cybersecurity company finds vulnerabilities in hospital robots

February 12, 2026

Cybersecurity & Technology

An autonomous robot commonly used in hospitals to transport medication and other supplies from room to room could be hacked and used to spy on patients and staff, according to a New York-based healthc...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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New York grants full practice authority to state's nurse practitioners

April 26, 2022

Policies and Procedures

New York is the newest state to grant nurse practitioners (NP) full practice authority, joining 24 other states and Washington, D.C. ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Exploring virtual reality for fire safety training

April 26, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Fire drills are required by the Life Safety Code® and serve as part of any strong fire safety training program. And virtual reality (VR) is popping up on the radar of healthcare facilities as a viabl...

Remember security concerns when planning construction projects

I pity the fools that don’t use the tools…

Six strategies to strengthen post-COVID infection prevention

Key trends and cautionary tales: Staffing shortages and patient safety

Preparing for the 96-hour emergency operations standard

Overwhelming hardship wrought by the pandemic created 'moral distress' in frontline nurses

Mandatory hospital sepsis protocols save thousands of lives

Cybersecurity company finds vulnerabilities in hospital robots

New York grants full practice authority to state's nurse practitioners

Exploring virtual reality for fire safety training

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