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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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OSHA reopens limited comment on COVID-19 healthcare workers standard

March 24, 2022

Infection Control, Workplace safety

OSHA is asking for new comments on proposed revisions to a possible standard to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 exposure after getting pushback on the original. You can also put your name in ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Antimicrobial resistance is a growing but manageable crisis

March 22, 2022

Infection Control, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

More widespread antimicrobial resistance (AMR) would not only be a patient safety nightmare, but it would put healthcare workers at risk as well, including employees working in hospitals, nursing home...

Medical Environment Update

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Healthcare’s role in community outreach during COVID-19

December 20, 2025

Patient Safety, Health Equity, Infection Control

Well over 18 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, taking stock of lessons learned and next steps can be a challenge. The industry has encountered a lot in a very compressed time frame, so focusing on sp...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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One-third of nurses plan to quit their jobs in 2022, thanks to high stress and burnout

December 20, 2025

Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

Not all are leaving nursing; 40% plan to pursue a nursing role elsewhere. But nearly 32% of nurses plan to either retire or the field altogether, according to Nursing in the Time of COVID-19, an annua...

Mac's Safety Space

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Apparently, it’s Monday Morning somewhere…

March 21, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

I suppose it was only a matter of time before the forensic unraveling of the last two years or so would begin to take center stage, so the latest issuance from the folks at the Association for Profess...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Antibiotic stewardship becoming a critical battle for healthcare and the world

December 20, 2025

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 ...

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

December 20, 2025

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

December 20, 2025

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

December 20, 2025

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

December 20, 2025

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. ...

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OSHA reopens limited comment on COVID-19 healthcare workers standard

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing but manageable crisis

Healthcare’s role in community outreach during COVID-19

One-third of nurses plan to quit their jobs in 2022, thanks to high stress and burnout

Apparently, it’s Monday Morning somewhere…

Antibiotic stewardship becoming a critical battle for healthcare and the world

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

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