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Keeping healthcare workers safe and healthy is a crucial part of maintaining a high quality healthcare facility

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OSHA urges action on spike in healthcare injuries, illnesses

December 19, 2025

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) urged healthcare employers to address a spike in workplace illnesses and injuries among their employees. There was a 249% increase in injury an...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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OSHA urges action on spike in healthcare injuries, illnesses

December 19, 2025

Workplace safety

By Guy Burdick, EHS Daily Advisor The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) urged healthcare employers to address a spike in workplace illnesses and injuries among their employees....

Medical Environment Update

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Lab safety behaviors in 2022

December 19, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

Maintaining lab safety and protecting workers is an endless job, with old challenges arising just as frequently as new ones. Sean G. Kaufman is CEO and founding partner of Safer Behaviors, a compan...

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Top healthcare security threats

December 19, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Physical environment, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

Healthcare security never sleeps. Literally—healthcare workers need around-the-clock surveillance, protection, and care from trusted security officials. And it isn’t just physical security and work...

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Add sleep problems to the list of COVID-19 challenges for nurses

December 19, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

Working the front lines of the early COVID-19 pandemic led to sleepless nights, anxiety, and depression for more than half of nurses surveyed for a new study. “Nurses are already at risk for higher...

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OSHA emphasizes engineering controls in workplace violence citation

February 08, 2022

Workplace safety

Review your workplace violence prevention program to ensure staff are protected from violent patients. That includes the use of engineering controls. A solid program might not only save your staff fro...

Medical Environment Update

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Points of origin

December 19, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety, Infection Control

After two years of watching and waiting, I have been infected with the COVID-19 virus. I realize that this is nothing special. Millions of others have caught the virus, and some have had a far more de...

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IAHSS Q&A on Executive Protection Guideline 06.03

December 19, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

The International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS) has released its Executive Protection Guideline 06.03. As of January 2022, it was in the process of finalizing the guidance. ...

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Work on COVID-19 worker protections ahead of OSHA scrutiny

February 01, 2022

Infection Control, Workplace safety

OSHA’s two COVID-19-related emergency temporary standards (ETS) requiring specific worker protections as well as vaccinations are both on hold for now but you may still be held responsible for those w...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Excerpt: Soaring to Success - The Path to Developing High-Reliability Clinical Teams

December 19, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

CRM has two main parts. The first deals with teamwork and communication and covers the interpersonal and social aspects of the working environment. The second deals with human factors and situational ...

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OSHA urges action on spike in healthcare injuries, illnesses

OSHA urges action on spike in healthcare injuries, illnesses

Lab safety behaviors in 2022

Top healthcare security threats

Add sleep problems to the list of COVID-19 challenges for nurses

OSHA emphasizes engineering controls in workplace violence citation

Points of origin

IAHSS Q&A on Executive Protection Guideline 06.03

Work on COVID-19 worker protections ahead of OSHA scrutiny

Excerpt: Soaring to Success - The Path to Developing High-Reliability Clinical Teams

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