Safety Articles by Topic: Infection Control
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 34, September 2, 2010
Joint Commission compliance and survey success depend on effective management of the care...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 32, August 10, 2010
The American Hospital Association submitted a comment to OSHA recommending that the agency not...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 32, August 10, 2010
There has been much more attention recently on multidose vials, particularly the expiration date of...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 32, August 10, 2010
Does your facility use positive displacement needleless connectors? This week’s poll...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 31, August 3, 2010
Q: How often do you need a chest x-ray if you test positive to TB? A staff physician believes he...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 29, July 20, 2010
How soon in advance to spike IV bags is a contentious topic among healthcare professionals.
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 28, July 13, 2010
A Missouri VA hospital is being scrutinized for potentially exposing 1,800 veterans to diseases...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 28, July 13, 2010
The saying "more isn’t always better" is true in the case of detergents and...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 28, July 13, 2010
In the last few years, Lakeview Medical Center in northwest Wisconsin and BJC Healthcare in St...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 27, July 6, 2010
At its annual meeting, the American Medical Association recently announced plans to conduct formal...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 24, June 15, 2010
In case regulatory agencies like your state health department or CMS don't keep you up at night...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 46, November 11, 2009
Three infectious disease professional associations have written to President Obama, asking him to...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 44, October 28, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Connection, 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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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
Ultraviolet-C light, when pointed straight down into a surgical site for infection control...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 40, September 30, 2009
Opposition continues in New York state to a mandatory order that all hospital workers with direct...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 37, September 9, 2009
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has put healthcare workers who have contact with...
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Hospital Safety Connection, 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 Connection, Issue 27, July 1, 2009
Based on discussions with industry groups, The Joint Commission plans to focus more closely on all...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 25, June 17, 2009
Epidemiologists who first promoted respirator use for the current flu pandemic now say it is not...
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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 Connection, Issue 15, April 15, 2009
A pediatric physician-in-training who inadvertently saw young patients at three Chicago area...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 14, April 8, 2009
For those of you involved with emergency planning for potential biological weapons and agents, the...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 14, April 8, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 12, March 26, 2009
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a press release warning healthcare...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 11, March 18, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Connection, 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 Center, Issue 3, March 1, 2009
Although bloodborne pathogens violations continue to be the top employee safety issue in general...
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Hospital Safety Connection, 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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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 3, January 20, 2009
A study by the CDC has pinned unsafe injection practices on 33 outbreaks of hepatitis in U.S...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
You should pay attention to an important upcoming deadline, as a rule mandating that hospitals run...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 48, November 19, 2008
Safety committees may want to discuss a new guideline from the Centers for Disease Control and...
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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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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 8, August 1, 2008
A new British study suggests that antibacterial wipes can actually spread "superbug"...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 5, May 1, 2008
Below are some infection control survey tips that tie into EC concerns or have similar implications...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 3, March 1, 2008
Mandated protection from Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA, pronounced MER-sah...