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Healthcare Safety Leader

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

May 30, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters

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

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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WHO declares end of COVID-19 global emergency with ‘pleasure’

May 05, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the end of the COVID-19 global public health emergency in a statement on May 5 that offered themes of both relief and precaution. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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What workplace violence prevention can learn from emergency management

December 13, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Workplace safety

The survey found that most respondents believed that their organizations are extremely or very well prepared for incidents like a fire (75%) and severe weather or a natural disaster (64%). By comparis...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Emergency manager provides tips for post-tornado recovery

May 02, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters

Hospitals are central to a community’s recovery in the immediate aftermath of any tornado. But what if it’s the hospital itself that’s damaged? How do you sift through all that debris and find what yo...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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California hospital reinstates masking policy after COVID-19 outbreak among staff, patients

April 21, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

A California hospital has reinstated its masking policy after more than a dozen staffers as well as some patients were diagnosed with COVID-19, according to a statement from the hospital’s parent comp...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CDC issues nationwide alert for measles cases after exposure at Kentucky gathering

March 03, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Be on the lookout for patients presenting with symptoms of measles after an unvaccinated person attended a large gathering in Kentucky. ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Make fire evacuation drills as realistic as possible to facilitate smooth escape

March 07, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Fire & Life Safety

Do not underestimate the importance of fire drills. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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In healthcare supply chain management, collaboration with clinicians is crucial

March 01, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Leadership & Finance

How one healthcare system is working to improve its supply chain. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac's Safety Space: Ain’t nothing like the real thing

February 27, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Even those of you who know most of my back story might not necessarily have made the connection (there are certainly ample clues on LinkedIn), but my first 20-plus years in healthcare were spent worki...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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ICYMI: Health equity standards now NPSG; TJC deletes some standards; PHE lives on for now

February 21, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Health equity now NPSG, PHE to end May 11, TJC completes round one standards review. ...

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

WHO declares end of COVID-19 global emergency with ‘pleasure’

What workplace violence prevention can learn from emergency management

Emergency manager provides tips for post-tornado recovery

California hospital reinstates masking policy after COVID-19 outbreak among staff, patients

CDC issues nationwide alert for measles cases after exposure at Kentucky gathering

Make fire evacuation drills as realistic as possible to facilitate smooth escape

In healthcare supply chain management, collaboration with clinicians is crucial

Mac's Safety Space: Ain’t nothing like the real thing

ICYMI: Health equity standards now NPSG; TJC deletes some standards; PHE lives on for now

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