Safety Articles by Topic: Infection Control
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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...