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Issue 3, March 1, 2019

• Training tips: Safe sharps and needlestick prevention

  Despite years of warnings of bloodborne infections and diseases, as well as improved safety...

Issue 2, February 1, 2019 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Ergonomics 101: A primer in safe clinic practices

  As the new year gets underway and winter weather throughout the country starts to take hold...

• EPA announces final rule to set new standards on hazardous waste pharmaceuticals

  However, get the word out to everyone in your organization who handles hazardous waste...

• Get the alcohol out: Your stethoscopes are dirtier than you think they are

  Stethoscopes are maybe the most common of all diagnostic tools used in a medical facility, among...

• Doing what we've always done

  The reference cytology lab has always had limited storage space for supplies and specimens. It uses...

Issue 1, January 2, 2019 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Focus on these four areas of improvement to avoid common safety errors

  In the healthcare safety world, much attention is paid to the need for hospitals to ramp up their...

• A month-by-month training guide for 2019

  It’s the New Year, and like us all, you probably want to start fresh and improve your staff...

• Planning a freestanding ER? ASHE suggests focusing on life safety issues

  As health systems constantly seek ways to increase revenues while keeping costs down and dealing...

• Wasteful questions

  Understanding the proper separation and disposal of the various waste types generated in the lab...

• MEU 2018 index

  MEU 2018 index

Issue 3, March 1, 2019

• Tune up your clinic security and safety for spring

  Unless you take a good inventory of the safety issues around your facility, the medical clinic or...