Safety Articles by Topic: Emergency Management
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 4, January 15, 2013
Hospital closures after extensive flooding in Thailand and United States have brought attention to...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 49, November 29, 2012
One topic upon which I’ve not weighed in is the proposed changes to The Joint...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 49, November 29, 2012
Hospitals in New York City and New Jersey were hit particularly hard as some had to evacuate due...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 47, November 15, 2012
I was doing some work at a client facility recently and happened to be on site when these folks...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 47, November 15, 2012
One of the hot issues that accreditation organization surveyors are focusing on lately is elevator...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 32, August 7, 2012
The revision of the Hazard Communication Standard to include the Globally Harmonized System (GHS...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 28, August 2, 2012
Should doctors warn patients about the risks of guns in the home?
In Florida, physicians who did...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 27, July 12, 2012
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded more than $971 million to continue...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 27, July 12, 2012
Advice from healthcare safety expert Steve MacArthur on permissions from authorities having...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 25, June 28, 2012
In 2009, in the midst of the H1N1 pandemic, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) convened a panel of...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 24, June 21, 2012
The shooting at the Erie County Medical Center shows that violence in healthcare is not only...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 24, June 21, 2012
On April 17, a hospital building in Southern California shook violently, swaying as the ground...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 22, June 7, 2012
Strangely enough, there remains some uncertainty relative to the management of temperature and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 21, May 31, 2012
Managing a large-scale disaster can be difficult enough, but without long-term recovery plans, your...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 15, April 19, 2012
Structural engineers at the University of California San Diego shook an 80-foot-high model hospital...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 14, April 12, 2012
A recent report by the Institute of Medicine released in March states that the country is in need...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 12, March 29, 2012
On March 19, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) departments of psychiatry and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 10, March 15, 2012
This one has the potential to be the game-changer we’ve been hoping (waiting) for – the...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 9, March 8, 2012
At Harrisburg Medical Center, staff rushed to move its 42 patients into hallways and away from...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 1, January 5, 2012
Physicians facing medical disasters will face ethical concerns not always taught during emergency...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 47, December 1, 2011
The brand new Rush University Medical Center in Chicago touts a design that addresses the...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 43, October 27, 2011
Many hospital buildings in California are still not earthquake-proof, despite the 1994 landmark law...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 42, October 20, 2011
The emergency room of Medical Park Hospital in Hope, AR, was shut down after emergency room workers...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 41, October 13, 2011
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, had a hazmat scare when a contractor...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 40, October 6, 2011
Western Maryland Health System in Cumberland, MD, and Garrett Memorial Hospital in Oakland, MD...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 37, September 15, 2011
A September 1 report by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 36, September 8, 2011
Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered five New York City Hospitals to evacuate prior to Hurricane...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 35, September 1, 2011
Johnson Memorial Medical Center in Stafford, CT, suffered a power outage from Hurricane Irene on...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 38, August 30, 2011
Now that you felt or heard about the 5.8-magnitude earthquake centered near Mineral, VA, on August...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 38, August 30, 2011
This year, healthcare facilities have already dealt with floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 32, August 11, 2011
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is conducting a statewide pilot of a Web-based patient...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 31, August 4, 2011
St. Paul’s Hospital in downtown Vancouver was ready for whatever the riot following Game 7 of...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 29, July 21, 2011
Scripps Memorial Hospital in Encinitas, CA, had quite the impromptu drill after a wrongly...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 27, July 7, 2011
A man who entered Physician’s Regional-Pine Ridge in Naples, FL on the evening of July 5...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 26, June 30, 2011
After an employee in an administration office on the Imaging Center on Beaumont Hospital’s...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 24, June 16, 2011
Wright-Patterson (OH) Medical Center experienced quite the scare over the weekend when a man fired...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 23, June 9, 2011
The “best” result you can really expect from an emergency response exercise is the...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 23, June 9, 2011
California representative Bonnie Lowenthal (D-Long Beach), chair of the Assembly Transportation...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 71, June 2, 2011
Hospital safety is being questioned after a patient shot and killed a doctor at Florida Hospital in...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 71, June 2, 2011
The tornado that ripped through St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, MO, serves as a...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 71, June 2, 2011
The following is an excerpt from the May issue of Briefings on Hospital Safety
Study reveals some...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 70, May 26, 2011
The entire 367-bed St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, MO, needed to be evacuated...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 70, May 26, 2011
One little item that seems to be popping up with increasing regularity is citing deficiencies in...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 69, May 19, 2011
At this point, if you’ve been managing your environment for any length of time, you know...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 69, May 19, 2011
The following is an excerpt from the May issue of Briefings on Hospital Safety
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 68, May 12, 2011
Another assault occurred at Napa State Hospital in Napa, CA, less than a month after the...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 67, May 5, 2011
In the ongoing saga at Napa State Hospital in Napa, CA, following a nurse’s murder by a...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 67, May 5, 2011
A bill proposed by state Assembly member Michael Allen (D-Santa Rosa) to address safety issues at...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 66, April 28, 2011
Two bills were signed by California Governor Jerry Brown (D) that could give hospitals a seven-year...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 65, April 21, 2011
A change in emergency room security staff has nurses up in arms at St. Josephs Hospital in St...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 64, April 14, 2011
A patient died April 11 at Napa (CA) State Hospital, Napa while being subdued after attacking a...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 63, April 7, 2011
Employee concern about possible radiation exposure from the radiology department has prompted...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 62, March 31, 2011
A new communications system will help first responders at Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck, NJ...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 61, March 24, 2011
An innovative building design will allow the brand new Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in San Mateo...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 60, March 17, 2011
OSHA fined Franklin Hospital Medical Center in Valley Stream, NY, $4,500 for failing to protect its...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 60, March 17, 2011
Q: At my hospital, we do not allow electric blankets in patient rooms. Several Charge Nurse’s...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 58, March 3, 2011
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) fined Children’s...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 57, February 24, 2011
Face recognition software is being used by a healthcare system to scan visitors entering the...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 57, February 24, 2011
To enhance security, Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin will be limiting entrances to its...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 56, February 17, 2011
I was traveling recently through the middle of the country and had to witness some sort of lock...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 55, February 10, 2011
An Ontario hospital is looking closely at its railing design after a man died February 3 after...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 55, February 10, 2011
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s emergency management (EM) program scored high in its...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 54, February 3, 2011
Napa (CA) State Hospital has gone through its fair share of trouble this past year when a nurse was...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 51, January 13, 2011
A list of safety improvements is scheduled to be fixed during 2011 at Phelps County Regional...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 51, January 13, 2011
On January 10, a group of patients from Oregon State Hospital (OSH) in Salem moved out of their...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 51, January 13, 2011
Knowing how to use a fire extinguisher in a healthcare facility can be important. But does everyone...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 48, December 23, 2010
The September shooting at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore left some healthcare workers...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 48, December 23, 2010
During an emergency, hospitals don’t want to have to ensure that its complying with both...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 47, December 16, 2010
The death of two healthcare workers has prompted hospitals to increase safety and security in...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 47, December 16, 2010
When handling an unruly patient, there are ways security officers can ensure safety and prevention...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 45, December 2, 2010
Outer Banks Hospital in Nags Head, NC, is replacing its current security department with a police...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 45, December 2, 2010
Hospital security is especially important when handling inmates who could pose a threat. Safety...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 44, November 18, 2010
Oh wait, wrong poem - let's try this again:
"The time has come," the Walrus said...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 44, November 18, 2010
Hospital drills are a great way to educate staff in an instance where a real-life dangerous...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 43, November 11, 2010
On November 4, a man walked into the cafeteria of Palm Bay (FL) Hospital and shot himself to death.
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 43, November 11, 2010
An investigation done by California Watch found that California has been offering little...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 43, November 11, 2010
Natural disasters happen. Healthcare facilities should have a mutual understanding when it comes to...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 42, November 4, 2010
Intoxicated patients are causing hospital staff to second guess security measures at Mount Nittany...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 43, November 4, 2010
Performing evacuation drills in hospitals can be a vital safety measure for staff and patients. The...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 43, November 4, 2010
Failure to meet fire code standards caused the closure of the psychiatric unit in The University of...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 42, October 28, 2010
Napa (CA) State Hospital workers are worried about the hospital’s security policies after a...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 41, October 21, 2010
Violence in healthcare settings is increasing, and because of that, HCPro is offering Violence in...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 40, October 14, 2010
In an atmosphere shrouded in uncertainty, there is one indisputable fact regarding hospital...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 10, October 1, 2010
What The Joint Commission expects from your emergency exercises
There’s a good reason why...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 36, September 16, 2010
Joint Commission standard EM 03.01.03 requires that healthcare facility conduct two drills to test...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 36, September 16, 2010
When you plan for how your hospital will handle emergencies, don’t forget to think about how...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 35, September 9, 2010
There’s a good reason why The Joint Commission expects hospitals to regularly conduct...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 9, September 1, 2010
Inside:
An inside look at a CMS Life Safety Code® survey
Tie EC and IC together to...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 9, September 1, 2010
When it comes to the recovery of systems at your hospital after a disaster, there are eight key...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 9, September 1, 2010
Becky worked in an independent lab in Cedar Rapids, IA. The lab was located in the downtown area...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 9, September 1, 2010
In May, a terrorist drill at St. Rose Dominican Hospital’s Siena campus in Las Vegas proved...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 32, August 19, 2010
California hospitals are notoriously at risk for an earthquake disaster that could put the safety...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 32, August 19, 2010
Computerized work records can be a great way to organize work orders in your hospital, especially...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 32, August 19, 2010
When it comes to the recovery of systems at your hospital after a disaster, there are eight key...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 31, August 12, 2010
Every hospital has their own policies and procedures for evacuating their facility, and usually...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
Inside:
California hospital hit with major fine for violating the ATD standard
EM is no...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
In 2008, when Bill Mangieri took over as the emergency management (EM) specialist at St...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
Expect a lot of surveyor questions when it comes to your emergency management (EM) program, says...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
Hospitals spend a lot of time identifying risks and preparing so they’re ready to respond...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 26, July 1, 2010
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released two resources to help safety...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 25, June 24, 2010
Pedestrian access control requires planning. Many hospitals are built to be "community...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 24, June 24, 2010
Paul Levy, well-known president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, posted a...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 24, June 17, 2010
Expect a lot of surveyor questions when it comes to your emergency management (EM) program, says...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 23, June 10, 2010
There are several steps hospital emergency management coordinators can take to prepare for a...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 6, June 1, 2010
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 6, June 1, 2010
Several developments have come to light regarding 2010 emergency management sessions that Joint...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 6, June 1, 2010
Joe Cappiello, BSN, MA, chair of Cappiello & Associates, advises safety and security directors...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
On January 29, Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, WA, received a citation and an $8,000 fine...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
We all know that The Joint Commission expects your disaster drills to feature escalating scenarios...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
HCPro’s new resource, Emergency Operations Plan Template, contains advice and sample language...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 17, April 28, 2010
A week from the today, the 4th Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium begins in Las Vegas. You can...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 17, April 27, 2010
Ten people were killed, and at least 21 residents who sustained injuries had to be either flown or...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 17, April 27, 2010
In April 2009, the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX began to experience a surge...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 16, April 20, 2010
The 4th Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium is just two weeks away, and if you won’t be...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 16, April 20, 2010
When a fire roared through a local nightclub in Providence, Rhode Island, first responders were...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 16, April 20, 2010
Hospitals in San Diego County are pushing for an extension that would allow them to delay...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 15, April 13, 2010
Anyone who’s ever seen healthcare security expert Fred Roll speak knows he packs his...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 15, April 13, 2010
Bristol (CT) Hospital emergency management coordinator is leading the effort of a communitywide...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 15, April 13, 2010
Twenty employees of Electric Materials Co., a copper manufacturing plant in North East, PA, and one...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 15, April 13, 2010
Q: Can you tell me what the OSHA regulations are for posting exit route maps, how many to post, and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 14, April 7, 2010
We’re excited to announce that HCPro has just published its newest compliance guide, Physical...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 14, April 6, 2010
Every emergency is different from every other emergency, and every moment in every emergency is...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 14, April 6, 2010
The state health department in Rhode Island has confirmed that hospitals in the state were up and...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 14, April 6, 2010
The cities of Calexico, CA and Mexicali, Mexico were hit worst by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake April...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Inside:
Options for corpse storage during emergency response
EC scoring may herald...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Although the United States may never see a death toll approaching that from Haiti’s...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Some emergency managers find the standard HICS chart includes too many positions or uses job titles...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Bucking what anecdotally appears to be a trend, Skaggs Regional Medical Center in Branson, MO...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Read the latest news about an FDA deadline for the Steris System 1® replacement, a new Joint...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Read answers to reader questions about bloodborne pathogens postexposure evaluations, gloves used...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 13, March 31, 2010
Two female suicide bombers detonated themselves inside Moscow subway stations earlier this week...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 13, March 31, 2010
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 13, March 30, 2010
The 4th Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium is just about two months away, and we know that...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 13, March 30, 2010
Flooding hit eastern Massachusetts hard a week ago, and Hallmark Health’s Lawrence Memorial...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 13, March 30, 2010
Hospital leaders can emphasize a culture of preparedness beginning with orientation. Every staff...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 12, March 23, 2010
When it comes to emergency management, Joint Commission surveyors will expect evidence of...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 12, March 23, 2010
Although buildings on the coast of South Carolina are built to withstand a 7.3 magnitude...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 12, March 23, 2010
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopedic Hospital recently underwent a drill scenario in...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 11, March 17, 2010
The emergency department (ED) acts as funnel into the rest of your hospital, making it a danger...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 11, March 17, 2010
Joint Commission emergency management standard EM.02.02.11, element of performance 7, requires...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 11, March 16, 2010
About 6,000 residents across Massachusetts were without power over the weekend after a storm with...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 11, March 16, 2010
Two employees of Providence Health & Services in San Fernando Valley, CA, were honored for...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 11, March 16, 2010
Have any of you been following the headlines regarding Washington (DC) Hospital Center firing a...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 10, March 10, 2010
Here are some thoughts when it comes to training workers on the federal National Incident...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 10, March 10, 2010
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 10, March 10, 2010
We’re less than two months away from the 4th Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium May 6-7...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 10, March 9, 2010
When it comes to Joint Commission emergency management strategies and your hazard vulnerability...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 10, March 9, 2010
After all of the attention devoted to pandemic preparedness this year, it seems most healthcare...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 10, March 9, 2010
The Illinois Emergency Management Agency has warned residents about the high potential for flooding...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 9, March 3, 2010
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 9, March 2, 2010
Joint Commission emergency management standard EM.02.02.11, element of performance (EP) 7, requires...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 9, March 2, 2010
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently released a report on selecting and...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 9, March 2, 2010
One thing is clear when it comes to Joint Commission surveyors reviewing your disaster plans: If...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
Like many healthcare facilities, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) was cited during its Joint...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 8, February 24, 2010
The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently released a report on selecting...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 8, February 24, 2010
The 4th Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium is coming May 6-7, and we want to alert companies...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 8, February 23, 2010
The degree of granularity you use in your emergency operations plan should be based on providing...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 8, February 23, 2010
Beebe Medical Center shares its "snowmageddon" success story Beebe Medical Center in...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 8, February 23, 2010
An early morning plane crash on Feb. 17th left Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 7, February 17, 2010
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 7, February 17, 2010
Whether it’s a biological attack, a natural disaster, or the large snowstorms currently...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 7, February 17, 2010
As we count down to the 4th Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium May 6-7, we want to highlight...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 7, February 16, 2010
Simplify community planning with HSEEP guidelines disaster, or even “Snowmageddon,&rdquo...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 7, February 16, 2010
Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir, N.C., suffered a diesel fuel spill in the basement of the...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 7, February 16, 2010
As the mid-Atlantic states suffered from two colossal snow storms within days of each other, many...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 7, February 16, 2010
With many areas of the country experiencing winter weather that’s usually found in the...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 6, February 10, 2010
Sunday’s explosion of a power plant in Middletown, CT, is something safety committees should...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 6, February 10, 2010
The Hospital Safety Center has just posted a free special report called, “2010 Joint...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 6, February 9, 2010
During a disaster or shortly thereafter, you need to be prepared and knowledgeable about how to...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 6, February 9, 2010
An explosion at a natural-gas power plant in Middletown, CT, Sunday killed at least five people and...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 6, February 9, 2010
During the storm that brought record snow fall to the mid-Atlantic states, impassable roadways, and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 5, February 3, 2010
For the first time, you and your colleagues will be able to attend the 4th Annual Hospital Safety...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 5, February 2, 2010
Getting buy-in from your hospitals' senior leadership is the first step to ensure administrative...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 5, February 2, 2010
A trial that was to potentially set a precedent for hospital's responsibilities for patients during...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
Those of you involved with emergency planning for H1N1 should review a series of waivers from the...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 4, January 27, 2010
Fallout will likely be minimal for hospitals from a court case stemming from Hurricane Katrina...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 4, January 27, 2010
Next Wednesday, February 3, join safety experts Steve MacArthur and Brad Keyes, CHSP, both from The...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 4, January 26, 2010
When managing hazardous incidents, it's important to consider everything that will need to be done...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 4, January 26, 2010
Southern and Central Florida hospital have been put on alert for possible evacuees from Haiti...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 4, January 26, 2010
Researchers at the Department of Surgery/Division of Emergency Medicine at Stanford (CA) University...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 4, January 26, 2010
Looks like you can add exams to the list of goods and services, like lattes and fast food, which...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 3, January 20, 2010
During a Christmas Eve blizzard, Norman (OK) Regional Hospital discovered reasons why emergency...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 3, January 20, 2010
Researchers from Stanford (CA) University School of Medicine have released a report that explores...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 3, January 19, 2010
During disasters, your hospital will still need to treat persons who arrive with everyday...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 3, January 19, 2010
With lack of electricity and clean water, many experts are worried disease may become as much of a...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 3, January 19, 2010
Haiti's General Hospital, crippled by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that left thousands dead and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 2, January 13, 2010
Anyone involved with emergency planning or generators in hospitals will want to keep an eye on...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 2, January 13, 2010
At least one hospital in Jackson, MS, was forced to institute emergency water plans after freezing...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 2, January 13, 2010
Given the rise in physical environment citations by surveyors, 2010 will be a critical year to...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 2, January 12, 2010
Completing your hazard vulnerability assessment (HVA) profile is one step to completing your HVA...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 2, January 12, 2010
Residents in Northern California felt a magnitude 6.5 earthquake on January 9, reports the Los...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 2, January 12, 2010
Problems with securing proper fit-testing has forced California to recall N95 respirators...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 1, January 6, 2010
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 1, January 6, 2010
In what could be an interesting development if it plays out across the country, California’s...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 1, January 6, 2010
Attendees to the upcoming 4th Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium will take away the latest...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 1, January 5, 2010
Social media site Twitter, which allows users to post 140-character updates to followers, gained...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 1, January 5, 2010
A number of lawsuits are keeping alive the debate on hospital liability in the event of emergencies...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 1, January 5, 2010
As one step to developing your hazard vulnerability analysis, make sure you analyze the...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Many geographic information system (GIS) mapping systems are cheaply available to hospitals if...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 52, December 30, 2009
As we close out 2009 today, let’s take a quick look at what’s coming in 2010 from some...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 52, December 29, 2009
In Denison, TX, Texoma Medical Center (TMC) is transferring all its patients into a new facility...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 52, December 29, 2009
The Joint Commission has defined a number of critical areas for hospitals to manage during an...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 51, December 23, 2009
We want to follow up on our tip from last week, in which we noted that there are no national...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 51, December 22, 2009
A December 15, 2009 national report entitled Ready or Not? Protecting The Public’s Health...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 51, December 22, 2009
Emergency management coordinators (EMC) don't appear out of thin air. Nor is EMC an entry-level...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 51, December 22, 2009
A snow storm crept up the Eastern coast over the weekend, prompting an emergency declaration in the...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 50, December 15, 2009
It's a good practice to encourage vendors in your contingency plans to participate in your...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 50, December 15, 2009
Bristol (CT) Hospital, which in October banned all visitors under age 18, is keeping its new...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 50, December 15, 2009
Wisconsin saw heavy snow and high winds on Wednesday from Blizzard Allison, reports the local Fox...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 49, December 8, 2009
A large event can result in a surge of casualties, so crowd control measures are critical. As soon...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 49, December 8, 2009
Most hospitals prepare their clinicians on what to do during a disaster. But what if the hospital's...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 49, December 8, 2009
Hospitals in Massachusetts are seeing a decline in patients with H1N1 flu symptoms, reports the...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
The Joint Commission’s survey at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler continued what appears to...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 48, December 1, 2009
Hospitals need water for consumption, essential care activities, equipment, and sanitary...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 48, December 1, 2009
New York state authorities have a plan in the works to use a video game system to disseminate...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 48, December 1, 2009
The Nevada state government has unified its homeland security and emergency management functions...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 47, November 24, 2009
Grants are a tremendous resource to help you purchase disaster equipment and support training and...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 47, November 24, 2009
With a rise in patients with flu symptoms and a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 47, November 24, 2009
The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 46, November 17, 2009
Because fuel becomes a precious commodity in a disaster, identify what contingencies are in place...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 46, November 17, 2009
New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine declared a state of emergency for Cumberland County due to last week's...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 46, November 17, 2009
Lansing, MI, will soon offer information during emergencies and disasters via text message...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 46, November 11, 2009
When performing emergency management exercises under Joint Commission requirements, EM.03.01.03...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 46, November 11, 2009
Three infectious disease professional associations have written to President Obama, asking him to...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 45, November 10, 2009
If you are new to the role of emergency management, don't assume that there will be someone to...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 45, November 10, 2009
The Alabama Emergency Management Agency has announced they may be potentially hiring Global...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 45, November 10, 2009
Thursday’s shootings at Fort Hood, TX, let one facility rev up its Twitter presence with...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 45, November 4, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 45, November 4, 2009
If your hospital underwent a Joint Commission survey in 2009, we want to hear from you about how...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 44, November 3, 2009
Hospitals in Oregon, along with many other hospitals across the country, are tightening their...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 44, November 3, 2009
Violent thunderstorms and tornadoes hit Northwestern Louisiana and neighboring Arkansas Thursday...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 44, November 3, 2009
An electronic system is the best way to store patient tracking information and share it with your...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
During this Joint Commission visit, surveyors looked at glucometers in a lab, air-handler test...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
The principle of pushing an exercise to the breaking point often comes up in terms of healthcare...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 44, October 28, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 43, October 27, 2009
As you develop contingency plans, you will need to have several Memorandums of Understanding (MOU...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 43, October 27, 2009
To help prevent healthcare workers against the H1N1 virus, California state officials are...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 43, October 27, 2009
President Obama has declared the H1N1 outbreak a national emergency, according to the New York...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 43, October 21, 2009
As part of HCPro’s new Emergency Preparedness Solutions series, you can now download 80...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 43, October 21, 2009
As we first reported last week on our Twitter account and in Mac’s Safety Space, the Centers...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 42, October 20, 2009
Emergency Management Tip: Proactive approaches to your HVA A hospital should review their hazard...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 42, October 20, 2009
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Public Health has received a $4.8...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 42, October 20, 2009
The Ohio Hospital Association is asking the Ohio Health Department to relax guidelines on N95...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 42, October 13, 2009
Get help analyzing your hospital’s disaster plans while also bolstering your professional...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 41, October 13, 2009
Last week the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a law 113-36 that updates emergency...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 41, October 13, 2009
President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit New Orleans on Thursday to evaluate the city’s...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 41, October 13, 2009
Communication duties for hospital emergency management coordinators involve keeping a large group...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 41, October 13, 2009
Should states have the power to quarantine individuals who refuse flu vaccinations during health...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 11, October 8, 2009
As hospitals gear up for what could be the biggest influenza pandemic in a century, they must...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 41, October 7, 2009
A new report from nonprofit organization Trust for America’s Health concludes that 15 states...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 41, October 7, 2009
During HCPro’s Emergency Management Coordinator’s Workshop, which takes place October...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 40, October 6, 2009
The emergency management coordinator typically coordinates training and exercises for emergency...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 40, October 6, 2009
Second Life, a software program through which people use avatars to create a lifelike virtual world...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 40, October 6, 2009
Healthcare workers in some states will receive their first dose of the 2009 H1N1 flu vaccine this...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
In the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS), there is not a specific job action sheet for...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 39, September 29, 2009
After a week's worth of heavy flooding, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is asked President Barack Obama...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 39, September 29, 2009
MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland has decided to use an indoor plastic tent to treat patients...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 39, September 23, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 38, September 22, 2009
Since Hurricane Hugo hit the Carolinas in 1989, emergency response operations and technology has...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 38, September 22, 2009
FireEngineering.com has highlighted South Jersey Healthcare's preparedness plan when it comes to...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 38, September 22, 2009
Roads have been shut down and electricity has been knocked out in northern Georgia after...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 37, September 15, 2009
Pittsburgh-region hospitals are preparing for the city to host the G-20 summit, which hosts leaders...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 37, September 15, 2009
During the 9/11 attacks, emergency workers at the Pentagon in Arlington County and the World Trade...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 37, September 15, 2009
The Danville (PA) Regional Medical Center (DRMC) has limited hospital visitation to visitors 12...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 37, September 9, 2009
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has put healthcare workers who have contact with...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 36, September 8, 2009
Emergency Management Tip: Contingency Plans for Heating and Cooling Systems Heating and cooling...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 36, September 8, 2009
Missoula Hospital uses new product to move patients easily in emergencies In preparation for...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 36, September 8, 2009
Memorial Medical Center staff members faced tough decisions during Katrina Hurricane Katrina has...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 36, September 3, 2009
This week the two major hospitals in Missoula, MT, tested new emergency equipment that could be...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 36, September 3, 2009
Hospitals in California that are struggling financially are asking the state back off from...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 36, September 3, 2009
The emergency management coordinator can advance the development of a hospital surge plan to...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
For University of North Carolina (UNC) Hospitals in Chapel Hill, a previous industrial accident...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 35, September 1, 2009
Terrebonne Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness in Houma, LA has learned some lessons about...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 35, September 1, 2009
West Virginia's largest hospital, Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) is requiring its 6,000...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 35, September 1, 2009
September is National Preparedness Month, and the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) is...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 35, August 26, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 35, August 26, 2009
Those of you who were unable to attend our 3rd Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium in May can...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 34, August 25, 2009
Shot, hand, and home are the keywords of the federal guidelines for employer preparation for the...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 34, August 25, 2009
After emergency management officials in Norwich, CT, met to prepare for Hurricane Bill, officials...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 34, August 25, 2009
Less than two hours into a high school football practice, 14 players and three coaches collapsed at...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 34, August 25, 2009
The flames that ensued after a basement transformers caught fire on August 11 in Lawrence &...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 34, August 19, 2009
The Joint Commission encourages you to look at your facility’s emergency management plans as...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 33, August 18, 2009
A recent report from the National Council on Disability has found that many emergency managers are...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 33, August 18, 2009
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London, CT has reopened its emergency room after a fire...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 33, August 12, 2009
A Joint Commission official assigned all attendees of the American Society for Healthcare...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 33, August 12, 2009
Controversy is swirling this month around protection measures for healthcare workers from the H1N1...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 33, August 12, 2009
If you’re a fan of Twitter or need a good excuse to check it out, Hospital Safety Connection...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 32, August 11, 2009
Emergency responders across the state came to aid employees at ABC Disposal, Inc. on August 3...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 32, August 11, 2009
Newly appointed Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator Craig Fugate has left his...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 32, August 11, 2009
Public health preparedness planners at local, state, and federal levels have a new tool to estimate...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 32, August 6, 2009
A gas leak at ABC Disposal Inc., a trash transfer station in New Bedford, MA, sent 119 sickened...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 32, August 6, 2009
There is no Joint Commission requirement for you to have department-level emergency management...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 32, August 6, 2009
Firefighters responded to a chemical leak inside Clarkson Hospital at the Nebraska Medical Center...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 32, August 6, 2009
Scott Wallask is at the ASHE conference in Anaheim and he’s blogging about some of the...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 31, August 4, 2009
An explosion in a Bryan, TX chemical plant forced thousands of people to evacuate from their homes...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 31, August 4, 2009
Storms swept the western Tennessee region Thursday, causing power outages, reports the Jackson Sun...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 31, August 4, 2009
At a House Homeland Security committee hearing, experts said that there are gaps in the nation's...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
The Joint Commission’s 2009 life safety and emergency management chapters have proven to be...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
It may pay to stay familiar with developments in the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 31, July 29, 2009
We read an interesting story about how the recession can in fact bolster emergency planning efforts.
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 30, July 28, 2009
The multi-colored terror alert system created after the 9/11 attacks is now under review, according...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 30, July 28, 2009
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced that the department will...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 30, July 22, 2009
Ever wonder which hazardous chemicals are being stored by industrial plants in your...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 30, July 22, 2009
HCPro has two brand new seminars coming up in the fall that you’ll want to check out:
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 29, July 21, 2009
What medical practices experienced this past spring with influenza pandemic may be nothing compared...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 29, July 21, 2009
Hartford County hospitals and emergency planners in Connecticut are conducting a drill to test...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 29, July 21, 2009
Rather than wait for government assistance, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 29, July 15, 2009
It may pay to stay familiar with developments in the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 27, July 7, 2009
Hawaii now has 616 confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus, reports the Honolulu Advertiser, an increase...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 27, July 7, 2009
Experts are worrying that long emergency room wait times and lack of local disaster planning...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 26, June 30, 2009
Hospital and public health emergency responders recently underwent training at the Homeland...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 26, June 30, 2009
Within minutes of the accident involving Washington D.C.'s red Metro line, emergency vehicles...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 26, June 30, 2009
Recognizing that employers play a significant role in helping to prevent flu transmission in the...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 26, June 24, 2009
A couple of weeks back, we wrote about how useful it is to stick a piece of duct tape on the back...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 25, June 23, 2009
The recent H1N1 flu virus outbreak was a test for many hospitals to obtain adequate levels of...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 25, June 23, 2009
The New England office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has warned about 200 Rhode...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 24, June 23, 2009
The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics has successful completed a wide-scale emergency...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 25, June 17, 2009
We read about some interesting participants in a hospital disaster drill last week: construction...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 25, June 17, 2009
A trio of construction workers at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Medical Center got a surprise when a...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 23, June 16, 2009
New York City's health commissioner Thomas Farley, MD, has announced that a more serious strain of...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 23, June 16, 2009
Lawmakers in New Jersey have voiced support for a bill that aims to keep New Jersey well prepared...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 24, June 16, 2009
With a second wave of H1N1 influenza virus expected this winter, some experts are warning that...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 24, June 16, 2009
Q: This may appear to be a weird question, but would OSHA fine a business for worker injuries from...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 24, June 10, 2009
An online news story about an upcoming regional disaster drill--complete with a file photo of...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 24, June 10, 2009
We’re thrilled to announce that HCPro has won an international award for our emergency...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 23, June 9, 2009
A study by the American Medical Association's Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 23, June 9, 2009
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service hurricane center has...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 23, June 9, 2009
When floods in March 2009 left Innovis Health the only open health system in Fargo, ND, the system...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 23, June 3, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 22, June 2, 2009
Many local health departments are concerned that less federal funding will lower the ability to...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 22, June 2, 2009
Technology could be a life saver during a disaster, or at least help to minimize its effects, Lt...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 22, June 2, 2009
After tornados, floods, and mudslides hit eastern Kentucky three weeks ago, residents and emergency...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Under Joint Commission standard EM.02.02.11, there is a brief mention of managing mortuary services...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
February 12 started as a routine day in San Jose, CA, at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
On the surface, it would appear that trimming hospital budgets would have a negative effect on...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 21, May 27, 2009
Experts at the CDC say that progress has been made toward developing vaccine for influenza A H1N1...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 21, May 26, 2009
An explosion at a Wetzel County (WV) energy company injured five men with liquid and aerosol forms...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 21, May 26, 2009
Darrell Henry, executive director of the Healthcare Waste and Emergency Preparedness Coalition...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 21, May 26, 2009
A total of 300 H1N1 flu cases have been confirmed in Chicago, prompting the Centers for Disease...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 21, May 20, 2009
A hearty thanks to all of you who attended the 3rd Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium last...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 20, May 19, 2009
After thousands of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mobile homes used to house homeless...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 20, May 19, 2009
Hundreds of emergency personnel participated in a large-scale security exercise in lower Manhattan...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 20, May 19, 2009
During a recent hearing on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), emergency management...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 20, May 19, 2009
Strained resources and lack of supplies won’t get you a pass from OSHA regulations during an...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 20, May 19, 2009
In response to the influenza A (H1N1) outbreak OSHA has added or updated documents appearing on its...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 20, May 19, 2009
Should OSHA continue stringent enforcement during a pandemic? This week's OSHA Healthcare Advisor...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 20, May 14, 2009
Hospital actions in response to the H1N1 swine flu outbreak served as a "good dress...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 19, May 12, 2009
Some hospitals have received citations this year during their Joint Commission surveys because...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 18, May 12, 2009
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a monograph addressing how...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 19, May 12, 2009
Health officials in San Diego Count y have begun the preparation for a potential resurgence of the...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 18, May 6, 2009
No doubt H1N1 swine flu preparation efforts will be on the minds of attendees to our 3rd Annual...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 18, May 5, 2009
Amid scares that the influenza A (H1N1), swine flu, cases were accumulating throughout the nation...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 18, May 5, 2009
U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) urged forecasters and federal, state, and local emergency...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 18, May 5, 2009
Perhaps lost in the avalanche of swine flu, or influenza A (H1N1), information posted by federal...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 18, May 5, 2009
Do you think the recent swine flu outbreaks should invoke legitimate fear, or are they much ado...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
Safety managers in New England and Kentucky were among the most recent to learn how well their...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
Hurricane Ike displaced a lot of people and changed a lot of plans, including Huntsville (TX...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
The Minnesota Nurses Association and Allina Hospitals & Clinics came to terms on an interesting...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 17, April 30, 2009
It’s likely that every hospital in the country is discussing what to do if swine flu...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 17, April 30, 2009
We’re just 14 days away from the 3rd Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium, which takes...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 17, April 30, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 17, April 30, 2009
The Center of Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center says that although...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 17, April 28, 2009
After cases of swine flu in Mexico and the U.S. became more prevalent over the weekend, civilian...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 17, April 28, 2009
A new report from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Center for Biosecurity found...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 17, April 28, 2009
Newly appointed FEMA head Craig Fugate told senators at his confirmation hearing on Wednesday that...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 17, April 28, 2009
A report by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations claims that...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 16, April 22, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 16, April 22, 2009
The overlap among various emergency planning approaches will be at the heart of the closing session...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 15, April 15, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 14, April 8, 2009
For those of you involved with emergency planning for potential biological weapons and agents, the...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 14, April 7, 2009
State health inspectors have fined a Los Angeles hospital for violating state workplace rules...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 24, April 7, 2009
Law enforcement officers responded to the Florida Hospital Heartland Division in Sebring April 2...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 13, April 2, 2009
MeritCare facilities in Fargo-Moorhead, ND reopened on April 1, after evacuating 180 patients days...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 13, April 2, 2009
Sun Health Boswell Hospital in Sun City, AZ experienced a brief scare on March 21, after 22 to 30...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 13, April 2, 2009
Managing emergencies was a problematic Joint Commission standard in surveyed critical access...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 13, March 31, 2009
The MeritCare Health System began the evacuation of 180 patients from its facilities in Fargo, ND...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 13, March 31, 2009
The noise was so loud when part of a 40-foot chimney collapsed March 22 at the Adirondack Medical...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 13, March 31, 2009
Managing emergencies was a problematic Joint Commission standard in surveyed critical access...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 12, March 26, 2009
The noise was so loud when part of a 40-foot chimney collapsed March 22 at the Adirondack Medical...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 12, March 24, 2009
There’s a new credential that disaster response and emergency management (EM) professionals...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 12, March 24, 2009
The state of Louisiana plans to launch a $31 million program to help hospitals and nursing homes...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 12, March 24, 2009
On March 17, a House Homeland Security Committee panel heard arguments about whether it makes sense...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 11, March 18, 2009
Joint Commission standard EM.02.02.03, element of performance 6, requires that an emergency...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 11, March 17, 2009
Joint Commission standard EM.02.02.03, Element of Performance (EP) 6, requires that a...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 11, March 17, 2009
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a tool to help hospitals prepare to...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 11, March 17, 2009
A study by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recognizes the hazards...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 10, March 11, 2009
Many of you involved with emergency preparation are familiar with the idea of identifying critical...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 10, March 11, 2009
We’ve uploaded great new content to the Hospital Safety Center...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 10, March 11, 2009
National Jewish Health in Denver evacuated about 500 staff members and students on Monday after a...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 10, March 10, 2009
Craig Fugate, the top emergency response official in Florida, has been nominated by President...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 10, March 10, 2009
One of Craig Fugate’s first tasks as FEMA head was to join Homeland Security Director Janet...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 10, March 10, 2009
In the event of a large-scale emergency, volunteers could have a mobile hospital running anywhere...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 9, March 3, 2009
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has posted a new report on recommendations for a...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 9, March 3, 2009
An important presentation at the 3rd Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium May 14-15 at Caesars...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 3, March 1, 2009
Figuring out disaster drills—what kind of exercises to do and determining their...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 3, March 1, 2009
When someone brandishes a gun in a hospital, there are several keys to avoiding injuries and deaths.
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 8, February 25, 2009
You often hear about the need to have redundant communication strategies for a community...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 8, February 25, 2009
An important presentation at the 3rd Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium May 14-15 at Caesars...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 8, February 24, 2009
Two weeks ago we told you about how the Joint Commission’s internal Surveyor Survey Activity...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 8, February 24, 2009
There are specific protocols for cleaning medical staff equipment such as personal protective...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 8, February 24, 2009
On February 11, the CDC launched a new resource center for emergency preparedness and response.
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 7, February 18, 2009
Two weeks ago we told you how The Joint Commission’s internal Surveyor Survey Activity Guide...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 7, February 17, 2009
One problem emergency management directors face is guaranteeing enough staff will come to work in...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 7, February 17, 2009
Hospitals in Washington state are adopting new communication safety measures so that no matter what...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 7, February 17, 2009
Here’s one crisis few emergency management plans likely address—the threat from falling...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 6, February 11, 2009
A free online recording is now available of HCPro’s popular audio conference, “Hospital...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 6, February 11, 2009
A physician who was accused, but never convicted, of euthanizing patients at a New Orleans hospital...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 6, February 10, 2009
The deadliest-ever wildfires in southeastern Australia are testing Melbourne hospitals after at...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 6, February 10, 2009
The importance of having enough generator power in an emergency was a lesson brought home by one...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 6, February 10, 2009
An internal guide given to surveyors by The Joint Commission indicates that environment of care...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 5, February 4, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 5, February 4, 2009
As we first reported in Mac’s Safety Space on Tuesday, an internal guide given to surveyors...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 5, February 3, 2009
An infamous ice storm that hit areas of New England in December is being credited with generating...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 5, February 3, 2009
The United States isn’t the only country where winter weather has taken its toll. Heavy snow...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 4, January 28, 2009
As we wrap up our month-long celebration of Hospital Safety Connection’s 10th year, we want...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 4, January 27, 2009
Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee recently surveyed more than 1,800...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 4, January 27, 2009
Last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report with guidelines...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 4, January 27, 2009
Despite the fact there were few injuries, and fortunately no deaths, the Hudson River plane crash...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 3, January 21, 2009
Last week’s plane crash into the Hudson River in New York City provided a call to action to...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 3, January 21, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 3, January 20, 2009
Hospitals in Prince William County, VA have been preparing for the last month, with expectations...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 3, January 20, 2009
James Lee Witt Associates, a crisis-management and preparedness-service firm in Washington D.C...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 3, January 20, 2009
A frozen water pipe that burst at Akron Children’s Hospital in Akron, OH, sent staff into...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 2, January 14, 2009
Though any other city outside of Washington, D.C., will probably never host a presidential...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 2, January 14, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 2, January 13, 2009
Power outages usually mean a period of discomfort for most people. But for those on home medical...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 2, January 13, 2009
Although the inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama likely won’t be classified as a...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 2, January 13, 2009
Last weeks’ flooding in Washington state is potentially not so natural. Experts say the...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 1, January 6, 2009
Although most of the news surrounding power outages in Hawaii nearly two weeks ago focused on...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 1, January 6, 2009
As part of a program to organize better lines of communication during a disaster, residents in six...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 1, January 6, 2009
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is planning to use an unlikely source to provide more...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
Atlantic City, NJ, may be known for its casinos, but Larry Sweeney—AtlantiCare’s...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
As of January 1, 2009, The Joint Commission will break out emergency management into its own...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 50, December 30, 2008
A new study published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine delivers important insight into...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 50, December 30, 2008
On December 18, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released an updated edition of the...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 50, December 30, 2008
Burlington County, NJ, has begun using a new, more comprehensive communications system, which...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 49, December 23, 2008
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released an online tool that will assist...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 49, December 23, 2008
A study conducted by University of South Carolina’s Hazards and Vulnerability Research...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 49, December 23, 2008
It’s been widely recognized that stockpiling drugs is one of the chief concerns in mitigating...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 48, December 16, 2008
As if you haven’t heard enough about the economy forcing businesses around the country to...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 48, December 16, 2008
Remember getting that middle school report card that you were just dreading to show your...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 48, December 16, 2008
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has agreed to pay $150 million for hurricane-related...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 47, December 9, 2008
Hospitals in Tulsa, OK are practicing a new way to evacuate patients who can’t walk...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 47, December 9, 2008
One of the biggest hurdles during a major disaster is coordination and communication between all...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 47, December 9, 2008
The state of Illinois has released a comprehensive disaster preparedness guidebook for senior...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 46, December 2, 2008
Since a September 28 medical helicopter crash in Prince George County, MD, killed four people...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 46, December 2, 2008
Typically a hospital is the scene after the crime, but last week, an Alaska hospital quickly became...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 46, December 2, 2008
You probably use the Google search engine at least every day. But did you ever think that Google...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 46, December 2, 2008
Every Monday, OSHA Healthcare Advisor will post a new question on a broad range of subjects. This...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
Research showing how well hospitals nationwide are equipped to handle disasters affecting children...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
SIR doesn’t have everything in common with large, acute care hospitals. The facility...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
When Hurricanes Gustav and Ike respectively slammed southwest Louisiana and east Texas in late...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 45, November 25, 2008
Never mind California, the Midwest is next in line for serious earthquake damage, according to a...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 45, November 25, 2008
In light of the recent earthquakes and wildfires in California, more emphasis has been placed on...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 45, November 25, 2008
Beginning last week, Boston became one of the first cities in the country to implement a system...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 45, November 25, 2008
Last week, you may have read an article in this publication about a fire at Olive View-UCLA Medial...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 48, November 19, 2008
Workers at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Boise, ID, dealt with an unusual mercury threat last...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 48, November 19, 2008
Wildfires that have been raging in Southern California created problems for Olive View-UCLA Medical...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 44, November 18, 2008
One of the largest earthquakes ever hit California last Thursday, and nobody felt a...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 44, November 18, 2008
Forget water, just add air.
That’s the new procedure for the inflatable mobile...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 44, November 18, 2008
The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston announced plans to lay off 3,800 employees...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 43, November 11, 2008
With increased awareness being placed on biological attacks, a private Washington D.C hospital has...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 43, November 11, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently released its plan for fiscal year 2009, which...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 43, November 11, 2008
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) wasted no time adding to the list of priorities for...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 46, November 5, 2008
We recently read about a disaster drill that utilized a component others might want to consider:
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 46, November 5, 2008
As you fine-tune your emergency operations plans, note a slight change in wording that will aid you...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 42, November 4, 2008
Have you heard about my new blog dealing with OSHA compliance for healthcare facilities?
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 42, November 4, 2008
On November 11, the University of Texas will open a new biological defense laboratory that will...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 42, November 4, 2008
After Hurricane Karina devastated New Orleans in 2005, emergency managers at the local, state, and...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 42, November 4, 2008
Connecticut is looking to become a national resource for mobile hospitals. The $8 million in...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 41, October 28, 2008
According to the Office of Inspector General (OIG), the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) may...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 41, October 28, 2008
Although it may sound unconventional, health officials in San Joaquin County, California are taking...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 41, October 28, 2008
After 18 months of planning, New Jersey has released a new state emergency management plan dubbed...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 40, October 21, 2008
It’s time for emergency management professionals to add another job title to their list...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 40, October 21, 2008
A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has found that...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 40, October 21, 2008
A fatal October 17 medevac helicopter crash in Auroroa, IL has prompted the National Transportation...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 39, October 14, 2008
Just one week after a deadly medevac helicopter crash in Prince George’s county, Maryland...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 39, October 14, 2008
With so many things to account for during a disaster, the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 39, October 14, 2008
The Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a model to gauge food distribution and school...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 38, October 7, 2008
Healthcare officials reported that loss of power was the number one problem for Louisiana hospitals...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 38, October 7, 2008
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger closed out the month of September by approving legislation...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 38, October 7, 2008
The Akron Regional Hospital Association in Akron, OH recently received high praise from the Centers...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 37, September 30, 2008
A medical helicopter crashed in a suburban Washington D.C. park in the early morning hours of...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 37, September 30, 2008
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wrote a large check to 29 state and...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 37, September 30, 2008
During a catastrophe, one primary focus of emergency management personnel is how quickly they can...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 36, September 23, 2008
Rarely do you hear the phrases “video games” and “emergency management&rdquo...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 36, September 23, 2008
Planning for biological, chemical, nuclear, or radiological attacks can be particularly challenging...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 36, September 23, 2008
After a Los Angeles Metrolink crash in 2005 left 11 people dead and a car crash in the Santa Monica...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 35, September 16, 2008
While hurricanes and tropical storms offer at least some degree of predictability, incidents...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 35, September 15, 2008
Minneapolis Emergency Medical Service (EMS) teams had their hands full in August of last year when...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 34, September 9, 2008
The recovery from Hurricane Gustav has kept Louisiana hospitals busy and now preparations are...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 34, September 9, 2008
The preparations for Hurricane Gustav showcased how some hospitals think big when it comes to...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 34, September 9, 2008
September is National Preparedness Month and the Department of Homeland Security reminds citizens...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 33, September 2, 2008
A state psychiatric hospital in North Carolina has lost its Joint Commission accreditation in part...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 33, September 2, 2008
OSHA and the American Red Cross renewed an alliance to improve employee awareness of safety and...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 33, September 2, 2008
Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, IA, evacuated on June 13 after floodwaters rose on its...
