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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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What’s new in healthcare security for 2022?

April 13, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Workplace safety

No healthcare professional needs to be reminded of the risks and elevated threats of violence during tense moments with patients and their families, especially in a pandemic. With continuing stress...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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New Joint Commission ‘Quick Safety’ advisory addresses intimate partner violence

April 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Workplace safety

The Joint Commission has released a new Quick Safety advisory to address intimate partner violence (IPV), which has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to healthcare providers. The ne...

Medical Environment Update

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Opening a safety can of worms

April 13, 2026

Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

In the 1964 classic movie Mothra versus Godzilla (released in the U.S. as Godzilla vs. the Thing), a giant egg is washed ashore in Japan after a hurricane. Godzilla finds the egg and tries to break it...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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TJC launches into 2022 with new EM standards, other changes

April 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Workplace safety

The Joint Commission (TJC) ended the year with a flurry of reminders about new and revised standards for 2022, many of which had either been announced before or were otherwise expected. They includ...

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OSHA withdraws non-recordkeeping parts of first COVID-19 rule, at least for now

January 05, 2022

Workplace safety, Infection Control

OSHA’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) that was designed to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 exposure is on hiatus, but keep meeting its requirements to avoid citations under other standard...

Medical Environment Update

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Medical Environment Update, January 2022

April 13, 2026

Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

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Medical Environment Update

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OSHA extends public comment on COVID-19 vaccine rule

April 13, 2026

Infection Control, Workplace safety

Didn’t have time to gather your thoughts yet on OSHA’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring vaccination and testing for employers with 100 or more employees? You can still offer up your two ce...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Caring for the caregivers: A look at improving care after discharge

April 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

An estimated 47.9 million adults—more than 19% of the population—provide informal care for an adult in their lives. What goes on outside of the hospital or care facility is no small ask, either: Two C...

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Nursing suicide prevention model recognized as an edge runner by the American Academy of Nursing

April 13, 2026

Workplace safety, Behavioral & Mental Health

The Suicide Prevention in Nursing: Breaking the Silence model, inspired by the first national longitudinal study of U.S nurse suicide, has been recognized as an Academy Edge Runner by the American Aca...

Medical Environment Update

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Say no to manual lifting: Lifting a patient without equipment always leads to injury

April 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

For years, the medical community has known that manual lifting of patients can lead to work related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) from repeated and improper lifting of heavy objects (like human b...

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What’s new in healthcare security for 2022?

New Joint Commission ‘Quick Safety’ advisory addresses intimate partner violence

Opening a safety can of worms

TJC launches into 2022 with new EM standards, other changes

OSHA withdraws non-recordkeeping parts of first COVID-19 rule, at least for now

Medical Environment Update, January 2022

OSHA extends public comment on COVID-19 vaccine rule

Caring for the caregivers: A look at improving care after discharge

Nursing suicide prevention model recognized as an edge runner by the American Academy of Nursing

Say no to manual lifting: Lifting a patient without equipment always leads to injury

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