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

Medical Environment Update

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Tighten up on OSHA compliance as inspectors are urged to cite serious problems incident by incident

October 10, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

Ensure your workers are up to date on respirator fit testing and falls protection protocols, especially if OSHA has cited your healthcare facility for those safety problems in the last five years. If ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Review OSHA training requirements and refresh staff education

April 18, 2023

Climate Change, Fire & Life Safety, Healthcare Staff, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

Remember to review OSHA staff training requirements—and keep in mind that state requirements may be more stringent. ...

Medical Environment Update

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Three safety mistakes your vendors make

October 10, 2026

Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

Laboratorians work with vendor or field service representatives on a regular basis, all of whom provide important products, equipment, and services. However, lab managers and employees need to pay spe...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac’s Safety Space: Active safety culture

April 10, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

In the absence of embracing of a culture of safety throughout all levels of any organization, the folks who manage the physical environment would seem to be at something of a disadvantage. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Private patient data leaked by ransomware group D#nut Leaks

October 10, 2026

Cybersecurity & Technology, Workplace safety

Leaked data included patient files, medical histories, diagnoses, treatments plans, test results, and patients insurance information. The leak also included information on past and present MGH employe...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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ECRI lists healthcare workplace violence as a top patient safety concern

April 04, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Workplace safety

ECRI, a long-standing patient safety organization in Pennsylvania, has listed verbal and physical violence against healthcare staff as its second-most important patient safety concern for 2023. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Staff safety: Hierarchy of controls

October 10, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Policies and Procedures, Healthcare Staff, Workplace safety

How do you remove harms and dangers from your medical environment? Safety officials have studied this question for years and found many innovative solutions to various issues. But when deciding what a...

Medical Environment Update

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Medication management resources

October 10, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

Though strides have been made, there are still cases of patients getting the wrong drug or the wrong dose of medication. The FDA receives over 100,000 reported cases of medication errors each year, an...

Medical Environment Update

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OSHA: Contractor safety in the lab environment

October 10, 2026

Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

“When contractors are hired, there should be an agreement which designates which agency will provide which [safety] requirements,” Scungio says. “The bottom line is that contracted employees must foll...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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IHI: Who bears the weight of moral injury in healthcare?

October 10, 2026

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

One thing often missing from the healthcare equity conversation, Mate said, is the impact of moral injury on the well-being of providers—specifically related to the inability to treat the underlying c...

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Tighten up on OSHA compliance as inspectors are urged to cite serious problems incident by incident

Review OSHA training requirements and refresh staff education

Three safety mistakes your vendors make

Mac’s Safety Space: Active safety culture

Private patient data leaked by ransomware group D#nut Leaks

ECRI lists healthcare workplace violence as a top patient safety concern

Staff safety: Hierarchy of controls

Medication management resources

OSHA: Contractor safety in the lab environment

IHI: Who bears the weight of moral injury in healthcare?

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