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Antibiotic stewardship becoming a critical battle for healthcare and the world

February 12, 2026

Infection Control, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

More than 2.8 million AMR infections occur in the U.S. each year, and more than 35,000 people die as a result. Globally, 700,000 people die each year due to AMR diseases, with the WHO estimating that ...

Medical Environment Update

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Medication reconciliation: Prescriptions from multiple providers provide room for error

February 12, 2026

Quality & Errors

Reconciliation wouldn’t be much of an issue if a patient only went to a single provider for care, or if information was transferred seamlessly. However, this is rarely the case. Patients move or ch...

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Visitor management, COVID-19 impact, and more pressing matters

February 12, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control, Workplace safety

Lauris Freidenfelds has been in the healthcare security arena long enough to recognize it’s not about turning security team members into law enforcement agents. The two aren’t equivalent and never wil...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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OSHA ups inspections at healthcare facilities treating COVID patients

February 12, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Workplace safety

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced an enforcement memorandum for a short-term increase in highly focused inspections directed at hospita...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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10 recommendations to improve pandemic preparedness

February 12, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Federal, state, and local policy makers have a lot of work to do to prepare the country for the next pandemic, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) says in a ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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OSHA to conduct return inspections at hospitals with previous COVID-19 citations

February 12, 2026

Infection Control, Workplace safety

If your hospital or skilled nursing facility has faced an OSHA citation or even a complaint investigation because of possible employee exposures to COVID-19, get ready: OSHA may be coming back soon. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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CMS warns they expect vaccine requirements to be enforced or will impose penalties on states

March 15, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

One way or another, CMS is promising states that it will enforce its recent interim final rule requiring hospital and other healthcare staff caring for COVID-19 patients to be fully vaccinated. CMS pu...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Fire control reminder: If you smell something, say something

March 15, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Remind staff that they must initiate a fire alarm if they see evidence of a fire—even if they don’t see any active flames. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Sometimes when you smell something…

February 12, 2026

Infection Control, Workplace safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I guess this is all part of the “return to normalcy” program upon which we are (seemingly) currently embarked, but it does appear that the regulatory ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Q&A: Race and rare disease

February 12, 2026

Patient Safety, Health Equity, Quality & Errors

It takes five years and up to seven clinicians on average to get a rare disease correctly diagnosed. It can be even more difficult if you’re a person of color, says Tammy Boyd, MPH, JD, chief policy o...

Antibiotic stewardship becoming a critical battle for healthcare and the world

Medication reconciliation: Prescriptions from multiple providers provide room for error

Visitor management, COVID-19 impact, and more pressing matters

OSHA ups inspections at healthcare facilities treating COVID patients

10 recommendations to improve pandemic preparedness

OSHA to conduct return inspections at hospitals with previous COVID-19 citations

CMS warns they expect vaccine requirements to be enforced or will impose penalties on states

Fire control reminder: If you smell something, say something

Sometimes when you smell something…

Q&A: Race and rare disease

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