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Medical Environment Update

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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

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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...

Medical Environment Update

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Hazardous material storage in the laboratory

December 14, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

You can have clutter in your bedroom, your car, or your home closet, but you can’t have it in your laboratory. Hazardous chemicals can’t be stored above eye level, boxes can’t block exits, combustible...

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Lab safety: Totally tubular

December 14, 2025

Physical environment, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

If you’ve ever ridden a roller coaster, you have some idea about what specimens go through when being transported via a pneumatic tube system (PTS). They, too, experience twists and turns, shaking, an...

Medical Environment Update

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Q&A: Labeling materials in the laboratory setting

December 14, 2025

Physical environment, Laboratory Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety, Quality & Errors

The wrong label on the wrong container in the laboratory can be dangerous, even lethal. Given the wide variety of chemicals, biologicals, combustibles, and other materials the laboratory worker uses e...

Medical Environment Update

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Review local requirements for medical gas testing

December 14, 2025

Physical environment, Laboratory Safety, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

Be sure you understand the requirements of your state or local fire authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) when evaluating the annual testing of your hospital’s medical gas program. ...

Medical Environment Update

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Tighten up on OSHA compliance as inspectors are urged to cite serious problems incident by incident

December 14, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

Ensure your workers are up to date on respirator fit testing and falls protection protocols, especially if OSHA has cited your healthcare facility for those safety problems in the last five years. If ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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How genetic testing execution can be improved through lab stewardship

December 14, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology

There are better ways to manage genetic testing. Implementing a lab stewardship program that encompasses the rapidly expanding genetic testing field can provide clarity for providers, improved care fo...

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Three safety mistakes your vendors make

December 14, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

Laboratorians work with vendor or field service representatives on a regular basis, all of whom provide important products, equipment, and services. However, lab managers and employees need to pay spe...

Medical Environment Update

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OSHA: Contractor safety in the lab environment

December 14, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

“When contractors are hired, there should be an agreement which designates which agency will provide which [safety] requirements,” Scungio says. “The bottom line is that contracted employees must foll...

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Faster than the eye can follow

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

Hazardous material storage in the laboratory

Lab safety: Totally tubular

Q&A: Labeling materials in the laboratory setting

Review local requirements for medical gas testing

Tighten up on OSHA compliance as inspectors are urged to cite serious problems incident by incident

How genetic testing execution can be improved through lab stewardship

Three safety mistakes your vendors make

OSHA: Contractor safety in the lab environment

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