HCPro.com: Hospital Safety Connection

May 8, 2008 (Volume 9, Issue 19)

Hospital Safety Symposium opens today in Vegas
HCPro’s Second Annual Hospital Safety Symposium begins this morning at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas with sessions about the changing EC standards, laboratory safety, and risk assessments.

GAO: Healthcare evacuations tie in better with federal planning
Federal authorities have made strides in better preparing to help hospitals and nursing homes transport patients and residents during community disasters, a government watchdog agency said.

Mac's Safety Space: Live blogging from the Hospital Safety Symposium
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best practices on a variety of hospital safety topics on his blog, Mac’s Safety Space.

Tip of the week: Your name and rank, please
When surveyors conduct emergency management tracers at hospitals, a simple but important step can set the right tone at the start, says a Joint Commission official.

Other recently-published articles from Hospital Safety Connection:

Life safety standards improve references with expanded EPs

Emergency planning a hot topic at ASHE’s conference

Mac’s Safety Space: What to monitor within your EC management programs

Tip of the week: Check generators for carbon monoxide venting

2009 emergency management standards will re-emphasize a prime Joint Commission focus

Are you going to the ASHE conference next week?

Mac’s Safety Space: The foundation of the EC standards remains the same . . . take two

Tip of the week: New Sentinel Event Alert has some bearing for safety professionals

2009 EC standards combine safety and security concerns

Hospital nearly in a tight squeeze over a sprinkler device

Mac’s Safety Space: The foundation of the EC standards remains the same

Tip of the week: Track your tracer activities during surveys

The Joint Commission posts its 2009 safety standards

Six die after medical helicopters collide

Mac’s Safety Space: The 2009 standards are here--shuffling the deck!

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