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Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
17
Issue
6

Mac’s Safety Space: The front line of infection prevention

June 12, 2023
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control
While 100% of the potential for elevated risks of a healthcare-acquired infection (HAI) does not walk through the doors of your emergency department, you could certainly make the case that a fairly hi...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
17
Issue
23

Bugs bite: Remind patients about insect-borne diseases this summer

December 14, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety
Warn your patients that bites from mosquitos, ticks, and other insects aren’t just an annoyance this summer, but also can carry dangerous and life-threatening diseases. The importance of taking precau...
Medical Environment Update
- Volume
33
Issue
6

Faster than the eye can follow

December 14, 2025
Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety
Pete began his shift in the hematology department. He liked to use the counter-mounted safety shield when opening specimens because he didn’t like to wear goggles over his eyeglasses. When it was time...
Medical Environment Update
- Volume
33
Issue
5

Keep stock of masks and ventilators: Public health emergency to end but COVID-19 cases will continue

December 14, 2025
Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety
Be prepared for COVID-19 cases to increase in number and potentially severity if the general public becomes too lax in vaccination, testing, and using precautions once the public health emergency (PHE...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
17
Issue
21

Antibiotic stewardship initiative at urgent care clinics cuts prescribing by 15%

December 14, 2025
Infection Control, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors
Most antibiotic prescriptions in the United States are made in outpatient settings and as many as 30% of those prescriptions may be unnecessary. Antibiotic overuse has been linked to antibiotic resist...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
24
Issue
5

Antimicrobial resistance: A danger that crosses borders and species

December 14, 2025
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment, Infection Control, Quality & Errors
No single healthcare facility will beat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) alone—nor will one industry, field, or even country. To prevent a world where AMR infections become the norm requires cooperation...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
17
Issue
20

Focusing on hand hygiene to prevent HAIs

December 14, 2025
Physical environment, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Workplace safety
Five medical organizations have teamed up to recommend best practices for hand hygiene in healthcare settings to protect patients and providers from infection. In particular, the recommendations focus...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
17
Issue
19

WHO declares end of COVID-19 global emergency with ‘pleasure’

May 05, 2023
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the end of the COVID-19 global public health emergency in a statement on May 5 that offered themes of both relief and precaution. ...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
24
Issue
5

Overcoming setbacks to antimicrobial resistance caused by COVID-19

December 14, 2025
Infection Control
“This setback can and must be temporary. The COVID-19 pandemic has unmistakably shown us that antimicrobial resistance will not stop if we let down our guard; there is no time to waste,” said Michael ...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
17
Issue
17

California hospital reinstates masking policy after COVID-19 outbreak among staff, patients

April 21, 2023
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control
A California hospital has reinstated its masking policy after more than a dozen staffers as well as some patients were diagnosed with COVID-19, according to a statement from the hospital’s parent comp...

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