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Healthcare Safety Leader

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From paperwork to practice: Healthcare facilities brace for real-world emergency scenarioswe

May 06, 2024

Climate Change, Cybersecurity & Technology, Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Physical environment

Scott Wytosick, a fire and life safety consultant at Jensen Hughes, catches up this month with Healthcare Safety Leader to discuss topics such as adapting Life Safety Code® (LSC) compliance for a post...

Mac's Safety Space

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Should we talk about the weather?

May 06, 2024

Climate Change, Environment and Facilities, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Physical environment

Having bopped around a fair amount of the nation over the last 6 months or so, I heard a fair number of stories from folks working in healthcare of the many and varied travails they faced during the w...

Medical Environment Update

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Q&A: Laboratories, climate change, and evacuation

December 13, 2025

Climate Change, Laboratory Safety

Climate change has affected almost every aspect of human civilization, and everyone, including laboratories, must adapt to meet the dangers. But how much will climate change force laboratories and lab...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Review OSHA training requirements and refresh staff education

April 18, 2023

Climate Change, Fire & Life Safety, Healthcare Staff, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

Remember to review OSHA staff training requirements—and keep in mind that state requirements may be more stringent. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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SHEA urges increased focus on superbugs

December 13, 2025

Climate Change, Infection Control

The report found that progress against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections has slowed in hospitals, while methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) is increasing i...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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CDC updates SSI guideline for the first time in 18 years

December 13, 2025

Climate Change, Cybersecurity & Technology, Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Health Equity, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

In May 2017, the CDC released its new guideline for surgical site infection (SSI) prevention, the first such update since the turn of the century. Between 2006 and 2009, roughly 1.9% of surgical pr...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Joint Commission surveyors to focus on suicide, self-harm, and ligature

September 04, 2024

Climate Change, Cybersecurity & Technology, Health Equity, Physical environment

The Joint Commission announced that as of March 1, its surveyors will place special focus on suicide, self-harm, and ligature observations in psychiatric hospitals and units. Now, surveyors will docum...

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From paperwork to practice: Healthcare facilities brace for real-world emergency scenarioswe

Should we talk about the weather?

Q&A: Laboratories, climate change, and evacuation

Review OSHA training requirements and refresh staff education

SHEA urges increased focus on superbugs

CDC updates SSI guideline for the first time in 18 years

Joint Commission surveyors to focus on suicide, self-harm, and ligature

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