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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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New workplace violence prevention requirements will require tough questions

June 25, 2021

Workplace safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Implementing The Joint Commission’s (TJC) workplace violence prevention requirements is going to take a multidisciplinary committee that is not afraid to ask hard questions about your organization’s c...

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In your eyes: The light, the heat, the flushing fluid

June 28, 2021

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Workplace safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As is often the case (it probably says more about me than anything else, but what can one do?), it seems that there are always conversations to have a...

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OSHA outlines new emergency temporary standard on COVID-19 safety for healthcare workers

June 10, 2021

Workplace safety, Infection Control

Be prepared to quickly implement the elements of a new OSHA emergency temporary standard on COVID-19 safety for workers in your hospital or other parts of your healthcare system where potential exposu...

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CEOs Make Healthcare Worker Safety a Top Priority

December 21, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

A group of healthcare organization CEOs recently adopted a Declaration of Principles to improve the safety of healthcare workers. Healthcare settings pose several safety concerns for caregivers and...

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Processing Clinician Grief and Burnout During, and Outside of, a Pandemic

December 21, 2025

Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

In the worst stretches of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals were profoundly impacted by the rigors and trauma of their work. Experiencing daily challenges associated with the harsh reali...

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Physicians urged to prepare for mental health crises

December 21, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

“We know from that survey last spring that only 13% of physicians sought medical attention for mental health problems, but 30% of them cited feelings of hopelessness or having no purpose and 50% repor...

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HazCom: What EHS Managers Need to Know

December 21, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

The hazard communication standard (29 CFR 1910.1200)—sometimes referred to as the HazCom standard or “worker right-to-know”—remains one of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) mo...

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FDA says to decrease reuse of devices, CMS removes some blanket waivers

April 09, 2021

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control, Workplace safety

Be aware that as COVID-19 cases decline and vaccination rates climb, the emergency waivers and measures approved to get through the public health emergency will be changing. ...

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It’s these little things, they can pull you under…

December 21, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I guess this week’s entry (as it appears that Spring is actually going to spring) falls into the “a little bit of this, a little bit of that” category...

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Physician burnout reaches new heights during COVID-19 pandemic

December 21, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

If there is one lesson to be taken from 2020, it’s that waiting until a problem evolves into a crisis is an exceedingly bad idea. While the world still deals with the effect of COVID-19, there are man...

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New workplace violence prevention requirements will require tough questions

In your eyes: The light, the heat, the flushing fluid

OSHA outlines new emergency temporary standard on COVID-19 safety for healthcare workers

CEOs Make Healthcare Worker Safety a Top Priority

Processing Clinician Grief and Burnout During, and Outside of, a Pandemic

Physicians urged to prepare for mental health crises

HazCom: What EHS Managers Need to Know

FDA says to decrease reuse of devices, CMS removes some blanket waivers

It’s these little things, they can pull you under…

Physician burnout reaches new heights during COVID-19 pandemic

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