Safety Newsletters

Listed below are recent articles for this department, grouped by publication. To access the full archives of a publication, click its related Archive link to the far right.

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Briefings on Infection Control

• Environmental services: Prevent infections and ensure safety

  Even with initiatives such as hand hygiene awareness, respiratory etiquette, and standard and...

• ESSENCE provides hospitals with early flu virus detection

  When H1N1 outbreaks were first encountered in April, the Maryland Department of Health was one of...

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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance

• Use these nine pointers to avoid life safety pitfalls

  Compliance with The Joint Commission’s life safety and related EC standards often centers on...

• Questions & Answers

  Q: During a recent inspection, our fire marshal said the five-year standpipe waterflow test is...

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Hospital Safety Center

• Use these 10 tips to tune up your RCRA compliance

  The Environmental Protection Agency’s actions as part of a $533,570 hospital settlement...

• A new breed of safety fair focuses on data-based trends

  For years, employee safety fairs served as inexpensive ways to host informal refreshers about...

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Medical Environment Update

• Safety discipline: Successfully approaching violators

  Unless you work in a medical facility where employees are perfectly compliant, a safety officer is...

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OSHA Watch

• Update your OSHA safety manual: Service animals, holiday decoration policy, and sharps injury log

  This issue of OSHA Watch provides readers with two policies—one for service animals in your...

• In The News

  CDC affirms N95s for worker protection The long-awaited response by the CDC on how to best protect...