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Is virtual reality the new reality for fire safety training?

February 12, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

In 2020, the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) encouraged organization leaders to examine VR as a training option because it’s a “practical, safe alternative to dangerous live fire scenarios.” Accord...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Ongoing pandemic stretching health systems and hospitals to their limits

February 12, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

By Christopher Cheney The delta and omicron coronavirus variant surges have pushed health systems and hospitals to a breaking point, a trio of healthcare provider executives said yesterday during a...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Antibiotics market ‘fragile and failing,’ report says

February 12, 2026

Infection Control, Quality & Errors

The antibiotics pipeline has dried up and the companies that make the bulk of antibiotics are facing multiple challenges, a new report from the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) says. The...

Mac's Safety Space

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Are IFUs all you need to observe?

February 15, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Another item that I see referenced in surveys with increasing frequency are those relating to organization’s not being able to clearly demonstrate that they are managing their whatevers in accordance ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CMS to states: Enforce vaccine and other patient safety requirements or else

February 09, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

One way or another, CMS is promising states that it will enforce its mandate for staff at hospitals and other providers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Ask the Expert: Do you need to do fire extinguisher training in surgical or kitchen areas?

February 15, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Q: Do we need to do fire extinguisher training in surgery, the kitchen, and MRI? ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CMS eases use of COVID-19 survey tool, visitor requirements

February 07, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CMS is lifting an almost two-year-old requirement for surveyors to use a COVID-19 focused infection control tool (FIC) as it reviews acute and continuing care facilities during surveys. Visitor restri...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Operating room distractions

February 12, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Brad Truax, MD, principal consultant of the Truax Group, says he doesn’t think anybody has really done a good job at reducing distractions in the OR. As an example, he cites a 2021 study done by Alysh...

Medical Environment Update

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Lab safety behaviors in 2022

February 12, 2026

Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

Maintaining lab safety and protecting workers is an endless job, with old challenges arising just as frequently as new ones. Sean G. Kaufman is CEO and founding partner of Safer Behaviors, a compan...

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Top healthcare security threats

February 12, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Physical environment, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

Healthcare security never sleeps. Literally—healthcare workers need around-the-clock surveillance, protection, and care from trusted security officials. And it isn’t just physical security and work...

Is virtual reality the new reality for fire safety training?

Ongoing pandemic stretching health systems and hospitals to their limits

Antibiotics market ‘fragile and failing,’ report says

Are IFUs all you need to observe?

CMS to states: Enforce vaccine and other patient safety requirements or else

Ask the Expert: Do you need to do fire extinguisher training in surgical or kitchen areas?

CMS eases use of COVID-19 survey tool, visitor requirements

Operating room distractions

Lab safety behaviors in 2022

Top healthcare security threats

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