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Masking Tape/Taping Masks: Essential PPE is still in the mix

November 02, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Workplace safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As 2020 continues to roll along with no apparent respite from dealing with COVID on the horizon, it’s probably not a bad idea to share some PPE-relate...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Q&A: What hands-on security interventions are acceptable?

December 21, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

by A.J. Plunkett (aplunkett@decisionhealth.com) Last fall, as CMS and accrediting organizations increased their scrutiny of how hospitals address suicide risk, the question of whether security or p...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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The difference between a COVID mask and a smoke mask

December 21, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control, Workplace safety

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, face masks have become ubiquitous (though occasionally controversial) in 2020—from N95 respirators to homemade masks made from bandanas and t-shirts. During the he...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Q&A: Exits, slips, pipes, and evacuations in the snow

December 21, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

Winter snow, ice, and cold should be a few weeks away—but it’s 2020, so we shouldn’t take anything for granted. Regardless, hospitals and clinics should run through their annual winter checklists now....

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Expert shares strategies to address bullying and incivility in healthcare

December 21, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

Bullying and incivility are rampant in healthcare organizations. A 2018 study found that 43% of nurses had experienced at least two negative behaviors on a weekly or daily basis, and 12% of nurses sel...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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New 4-Part Plan Proposed to Boost Clinician Wellness, Address Burnout

December 21, 2025

Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

Burnout is one of the top challenges facing clinicians and other healthcare workers nationwide. In a report published last week by The Physicians Foundation, 30% of more than 2,300 physicians surveyed...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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5 AMA Resources to Promote Physician Wellbeing

December 21, 2025

Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

“While it is always important to focus on physician mental health, the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges and exceptional demands that strain physicians. The AMA has respond...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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How remote patient monitoring can protect healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

December 21, 2025

Workplace safety, Infection Control

With healthcare workers and their loved ones at risk, provider organizations are looking for ways to leverage technology to keep their workers healthy while continuing to deliver essential healthcare ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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TJC releases advice to protect well-being of healthcare workers during pandemic

December 21, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in January, healthcare workers in U.S. hospitals have been working almost nonstop, often in high-stress environments without the proper support they need to do their ...

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National Physician Burnout Expert Shares Insights: ‘We Can Certainly Do Better’

December 21, 2025

Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

One of the top physician burnout researchers in the country is expecting a new national survey will show a significant uptick in clinician burnout due to the coronavirus pandemic. Burnout is one of...

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Masking Tape/Taping Masks: Essential PPE is still in the mix

Q&A: What hands-on security interventions are acceptable?

The difference between a COVID mask and a smoke mask

Q&A: Exits, slips, pipes, and evacuations in the snow

Expert shares strategies to address bullying and incivility in healthcare

New 4-Part Plan Proposed to Boost Clinician Wellness, Address Burnout

5 AMA Resources to Promote Physician Wellbeing

How remote patient monitoring can protect healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

TJC releases advice to protect well-being of healthcare workers during pandemic

National Physician Burnout Expert Shares Insights: ‘We Can Certainly Do Better’

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