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Medical Environment Update

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Scary specimen transport stories and ways to avoid them

December 14, 2025

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

Specimen couriers are often overlooked when it comes to proper safety training. They perform the important role of transporting specimens for testing, but without the proper education and tools, they ...

Medical Environment Update

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Q&A: Sharps safety in the laboratory

December 14, 2025

Physical environment, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

Sharps safety is a perennial problem in the laboratory environment, and staff can become inured to the dangers that needles, syringes, and other sharps pose after dealing with them day in and day out....

Medical Environment Update

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Hand hygiene: Work remains ongoing to ensure good practices followed

December 14, 2025

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety

Hand hygiene remains a perennial issue in healthcare and requires constant vigilance on the part of providers. With the “tripledemic” of COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus this winte...

Medical Environment Update

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Focus on worker fall prevention and safety

December 14, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

We spoke with Steve MacArthur, a safety consultant with Chartis Clinical Quality Solutions, about a healthcare facility’s safety obligations toward its contracted workers. This Q&A has been lightl...

Medical Environment Update

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What is a safety stand-down?

December 14, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

In 2016, because of several incidents in national high-containment laboratories, a “safety stand-down” was recommended. That term gets used often, but not everyone understands how a safety stand-down ...

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Lab safety: Hierarchy of controls

December 14, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

How do you remove harms and dangers from your laboratory? Safety officials have studied this question for years and found many innovative solutions to various issues. But when deciding what action to ...

The Complete Guide to Laboratory Safety, Fifth Edition

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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Hand hygiene: Work remains ongoing to ensure good practices followed

December 14, 2025

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety

Medical Environment Update

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Safety training in and out of water

December 14, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

A new workplace can seem daunting on the first day of a job. Employers provide information by fire hose and expect new staff to simply absorb it all—which can be dangerous. ...

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Prepare now for winter surprises

December 14, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Laboratory Safety

Volcanic eruptions and La Niña expected to make for an interesting winter season ...

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Scary specimen transport stories and ways to avoid them

Q&A: Sharps safety in the laboratory

Hand hygiene: Work remains ongoing to ensure good practices followed

Focus on worker fall prevention and safety

What is a safety stand-down?

Lab safety: Hierarchy of controls

The Complete Guide to Laboratory Safety, Fifth Edition

Hand hygiene: Work remains ongoing to ensure good practices followed

Safety training in and out of water

Prepare now for winter surprises

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