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FDA bans certain respirators from being decontaminated, reused

December 30, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Workplace safety

Chinese-made N95 masks and respirators with exhalation tubes among banned types. ...

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TJC, other AOs to change survey focus in wake of pandemic

December 30, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

As regular survey activities slowly resume, expect The Joint Commission (TJC) and other accrediting organizations (AO) to follow CMS in focusing on infection control and taking a detailed look at how ...

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Nearly 600, and counting, U.S. Health Workers Have Died Of COVID-19

December 30, 2025

Workplace safety, Infection Control

The tally includes doctors, nurses and paramedics, as well as crucial healthcare support staff such as hospital janitors, administrators and nursing home workers, who have put their own lives at risk ...

Mac's Safety Space

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A little mo’ from the Mighty O (ccupational Safety & Health Administration)

June 08, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As they are wont to do, the folks at OSHA periodically issue safety alerts and it would seem that the ongoing challenges of managing the ongoing occup...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Study: Negligible infection risk from reused pacemakers, ICDs

December 30, 2025

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Ideally, there should be no need to reuse cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIED) like pacemakers and defibrillators—every patient should be able to get a new one. But that is not always ...

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Telehealth Expansion During Coronavirus Pandemic Changing Physician-Patient Relationship

December 30, 2025

Patient Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control

“Whether telemedicine is a good or bad thing for the physician-patient relationship is largely dependent on the individual level of comfort of the patient and their physician,” says Joy L. Lee, PhD ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Patient Safety Monitor Journal, June 2020

December 30, 2025

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Infection Control, Workplace safety

Subscribers, download this month's full PSMJ newsletter ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, June 2020

December 30, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Infection Control

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter ...

Mac's Safety Space

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They’re baaaack: TJC returns to the fray!

June 01, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Last week, our friends in Chicago announced that they will be resuming the survey grind in June (in all candor, I too will be heading out on the highw...

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How to Create an N95 Mask Disinfection Facility for Less Than $15,000

December 30, 2025

Infection Control, Workplace safety

The process is based on a concept from the University of Nebraska and adheres to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. The health system is now using the system to decontaminate and r...

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FDA bans certain respirators from being decontaminated, reused

TJC, other AOs to change survey focus in wake of pandemic

Nearly 600, and counting, U.S. Health Workers Have Died Of COVID-19

A little mo’ from the Mighty O (ccupational Safety & Health Administration)

Study: Negligible infection risk from reused pacemakers, ICDs

Telehealth Expansion During Coronavirus Pandemic Changing Physician-Patient Relationship

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, June 2020

Inside Accreditation and Quality, June 2020

They’re baaaack: TJC returns to the fray!

How to Create an N95 Mask Disinfection Facility for Less Than $15,000

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