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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Greenhouse gas emissions: The carbon is coming from inside the hospital

December 13, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Health Equity

The American healthcare sector produces an estimated 8.5% of the country’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and accounts for 25% of global health sector emissions—the highest proportion attributab...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac’s Safety Space: When you can’t swat back

September 18, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

Here are some things you can do to make it as difficult as possible for someone to “swat” your organization. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Use available databases to track drug shortages in wake of disasters and international events

September 12, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Quality & Errors

With the scarcity of many drugs reaching an all-time high, 99% of hospital pharmacists surveyed recently said they were seeing shortages, and a third of those said the shortages were having a critical...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CDC offers hurricane safety tips

December 13, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

In the wake of Tropical Storm Hilary in California and Hurricane Idalia in the Gulf Coast, make sure that your patients and staff know how to stay safe after a major storm or flooding. The CDC has put...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Joint Commission issues guidelines for dealing with a cyberattack

December 13, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Cybersecurity & Technology, Natural & Manmade Disasters

With healthcare cyberattacks on the rise, the Joint Commission has issued guidance for health system executives on how to react once a data breach has been detected. ...

Medical Environment Update

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Observe eye safety in the laboratory this August

December 13, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month, and while hopefully your laboratory staff aren’t children, they should know the protocols for eye protection when dealing with hazardous materials. Am...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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UPDATE: USP creates resource to help hospitals assess Pfizer drug shortages while company sets emergency order limits

August 07, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Quality & Errors

Pfizer is asking customers to exhaust other supply sources before ordering 12 sterile injectable drugs from the company as it continues to assess its ability to produce the drugs following a tornado t...

Medical Environment Update

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Create disaster kits to provide staff items they may need in an emergency

December 13, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Workplace safety

Create easy to store and quick to move disaster kits to provide staff items they may need in an emergency. ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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COVID-19 emergency management in a post–public health emergency world

June 20, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ended on May 11, but the spread of COVID-19 must still be controlled. ...

Checklist for on-the-go emergency disaster kits for staff

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Greenhouse gas emissions: The carbon is coming from inside the hospital

Mac’s Safety Space: When you can’t swat back

Use available databases to track drug shortages in wake of disasters and international events

CDC offers hurricane safety tips

Joint Commission issues guidelines for dealing with a cyberattack

Observe eye safety in the laboratory this August

UPDATE: USP creates resource to help hospitals assess Pfizer drug shortages while company sets emergency order limits

Create disaster kits to provide staff items they may need in an emergency

COVID-19 emergency management in a post–public health emergency world

Checklist for on-the-go emergency disaster kits for staff

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OSHA Dental Facilities Update - November 2023

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Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

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