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Issue 2, February 1, 2019

• What to look for in 2019: ligature risk, infection control, drug safety, and more CMS pressure on AOs

  Make sure your staff knows and implements your policy on continuous observation of suicidal...

• Joint Commission: Four new suicide prevention EPs, three revised

  The Joint Commission (TJC) announced revisions to its suicide prevention National Patient Safety...

• Joint Commission updates anticoagulant NPSG

  The Joint Commission (TJC) announced revisions to its anticoagulant therapy National Patient Safety...

Issue 1, January 1, 2019 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Case Study: Winter Storm Jonas

  Consult your emergency management plan when facing an impending storm, and update this plan with...

• Q&A: Smoke, flames, and wildfires

  In 2007, San Diego County had a huge wildfire that forced several hospitals, nursing homes, and...

• Human trafficking response program at Dignity Health

  The problem of human trafficking has caught the attention of healthcare authorities like The Joint...

• Treating violence and abuse victims with PEARR

  The worst thing a care provider can do when they suspect victimization, Gibbs says, is ignore the...

• Use TRAIN matrix to triage patients in mass evacuation

  Developed by the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford in Palo Alto, California, the...

• BOAQ 2018 index

  Most would agree 2018 was a busy and interesting year. With that in mind, we’ve made you this...