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Three secrets regarding contamination in the laboratory

February 12, 2026

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

Pete picked up a rack of specimens that needed to be delivered to the serology lab across the hall. He wore gloves because he was handling specimens, and he pushed the lab exit door open using the kno...

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Q&A with Rhonda Collins, DNP, RN, FAAN, chief nursing officer

February 12, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

Rhonda Collins, DNP, RN, FAAN, has served as the chief nursing officer for Vocera since January 2014. Previously, she was vice president and business manager for Fresenius Kabi USA, was responsible f...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Online reviews reveal patterns of discrimination in hospital setting

February 12, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Health Equity

Based on an analysis of Yelp online reviews, acts of discrimination in the hospital setting can be categorized in six recurring patterns, including acts of commission, stereotyping, and intimidation, ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Nurses challenge CDC’s latest COVID-19 safety rollback

February 12, 2026

Infection Control, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

The latest rollback of COVID-19 safety guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a serious risk for prolonging the pandemic, says National Nurses United (NNU), which is cal...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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AAMI announces newly updated standard on endoscope cleaning

February 12, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) just announced the release of an updated version of ANSI/AAMI ST91:2021 Flexible and semi-rigid endoscope processing in health car...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Review documentation for WPV, water management as you prep for survey

February 12, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Workplace safety

Be sure that your leadership has signed off on workplace violence assessments and that water management plans are being acted upon as you prepare for your next survey with The Joint Commission. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Improve your document control to increase survey efficiency

February 12, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures

One of the hardest parts of being a compliance officer can be keeping track of policies, procedures, logs, maintenance, equipment checks, and other documents that can mean the difference between a suc...

Mac's Safety Space

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Who gets stuck…

March 07, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

As things start to even out (at least somewhat) in the pandemic (I can’t say “subside” yet, but I am hopeful that perhaps with the onset of spring we’ll get to the point where that is an accurate desc...

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ASPR-TRACIE collection includes information about nuclear fallout

February 24, 2022

Natural & Manmade Disasters

Just leaving this here in case anyone in emergency preparedness wants to know or needs a refresher: The HHS’ Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s (ASPR) Technical Resources, Assistance ...

Three secrets regarding contamination in the laboratory

February 12, 2026

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

Three secrets regarding contamination in the laboratory

Q&A with Rhonda Collins, DNP, RN, FAAN, chief nursing officer

Online reviews reveal patterns of discrimination in hospital setting

Nurses challenge CDC’s latest COVID-19 safety rollback

AAMI announces newly updated standard on endoscope cleaning

Review documentation for WPV, water management as you prep for survey

Improve your document control to increase survey efficiency

Who gets stuck…

ASPR-TRACIE collection includes information about nuclear fallout

Three secrets regarding contamination in the laboratory

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