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Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Open communication softens the impact of medical errors on patients and families

February 15, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Open communication with patients after medical errors decreases emotional impacts and diminishes patient avoidance of doctors and organizations involved in errors, new research indicates. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Incident command hospital offers tips on handling patient surge

February 15, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety

As mass casualty events go, the 75-vehicle pileup on the Sunday before Christmas on an interstate in southeastern Virginia could have been much worse. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Work with local healthcare coalitions to successfully manage mass casualty surge

February 15, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety

Build off any protocols you already have for handling extra-busy days at your emergency department (ED) to create a patient surge plan that can seamlessly expand as needed during a local disaster. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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New Data on Sepsis Prevalence and Costs ‘Astonished’ DHHS Researchers

February 15, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The largest sepsis study every conducted with Medicare data found a 40% increase in the rate of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with the deadly infection from 2012 to 2018. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CDC: Focus on Protecting Staff and Supplies as Coronavirus Concerns Grow

February 15, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety

Concerns in the public may be contributing to a growing shortage of PPE and other supplies. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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ECRI: 2020 health tech hazards

February 15, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

In its annual publication of the top 10 health technology hazards facing healthcare, the ECRI Institute lists the top five to be aware of in 2020: ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Soap vs. superbugs

February 15, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Bathe patients with chlorhexidine soap to stop drug-resistant infections ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Close the loop on test results

February 04, 2020

Patient Safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Brian Ward In December, The Joint Commission (TJC) released Quick Safety Issue 52: Advancing Safety With Closed-Loop Communication of Test Results. Closed-loop communication means that every tes...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Cardinal Health begins recall of contaminated surgical gowns

February 04, 2020

Infection Control, Patient Safety

By John Commins Cardinal Health this week said it has launched "two voluntary field actions" for Cardinal Health Presource® Procedure Packs containing gowns that were part of its recent recall of A...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Report: Follow Protocols to Help Fight Opioid Addictions

February 15, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

A new report from medical liability insurer Coverys takes a close look at the growing epidemic of opioid addictions and the high-severity injuries, including death, that the problem causes every year....

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Open communication softens the impact of medical errors on patients and families

Incident command hospital offers tips on handling patient surge

Work with local healthcare coalitions to successfully manage mass casualty surge

New Data on Sepsis Prevalence and Costs ‘Astonished’ DHHS Researchers

CDC: Focus on Protecting Staff and Supplies as Coronavirus Concerns Grow

ECRI: 2020 health tech hazards

Soap vs. superbugs

Close the loop on test results

Cardinal Health begins recall of contaminated surgical gowns

Report: Follow Protocols to Help Fight Opioid Addictions

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