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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Look to ‘Blueprint’ to understand new EPA requirements on hazardous drug waste

January 01, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

Consider managing all your pharmaceuticals as hazardous waste, especially if you are a smaller facility. And warn your C-suite that you’ll be scrutinized for compliance once new environmental regulati...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Dialysis tips

January 01, 2026

Infection Control, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Here are some additional tips from Kathleen Good, MSN, RN, a former surveyor with TJC and now an associate of Patton Healthcare Consulting, for ensuring you keep patients safe and meet surveyor expect...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Examine your dialysis space to ensure room to separate infectious patients

January 01, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Hemodialysis is one of four areas The Joint Commission (TJC) says it’s increasing focus on during surveys. With this in mind, ensure that your hospital’s hemodialysis patients remain in clear view of ...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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Part one: ECRI tech hazards 2019

January 01, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

The ECRI Institute published its annual list of the top 10 health technology hazards facing healthcare in 2019. Longtime readers will recognize several hazards from ECRI’s 2018 and 2017 lists, such as...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Challenges of antibiotic stewardship in the ICU

January 01, 2026

Infection Control

Antibiotic stewardship in the intensive care unit setting poses unique challenges to intensivists and other ICU clinicians, recent research indicates. ...

Infection Control Quiz

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Disinfection and Sterilization Tracer

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Mac's Safety Space

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Manage the environment, manage infection control risks

January 10, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant In looking back at 2018 (heck, even in looking back to the beginning of 2019—it already seems like forever ago and we’re only a week in!), I try to us...

Infection-Free Vaccination: Safely Storing, Handling, Injecting, and Infusing Medications

Tue, 07/31/2018 - 01:00 - - Infection Control

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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Hospitals need to test for Legionella

January 01, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

As we begin 2018, it’s time to crack down on the spread of waterborne pathogens such as Legionella. Because even if you aren’t thinking about them, the federal government and accrediting organizations...

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Look to ‘Blueprint’ to understand new EPA requirements on hazardous drug waste

Dialysis tips

Examine your dialysis space to ensure room to separate infectious patients

Part one: ECRI tech hazards 2019

Challenges of antibiotic stewardship in the ICU

Infection Control Quiz

Disinfection and Sterilization Tracer

Manage the environment, manage infection control risks

Infection-Free Vaccination: Safely Storing, Handling, Injecting, and Infusing Medications

Hospitals need to test for Legionella

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