Safety Newsletters

Listed below are recent articles for this department, grouped by publication. To access the full archives of a publication, click its related Archive link to the far right.

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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance

• Earthquake safety for hospitals: Before, during, and after

  It behooves all hospitals to make a plan for earthquake safety and response. Even though they...

• Saving money and water in healthcare

  With more droughts and heat waves expected in upcoming years, it’s time for hospitals and...

• Q&A: Exits, slips, pipes, and evacuations in the snow

  Winter snow, ice, and cold should be a few weeks away—but it’s 2020, so we...

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Hospital Safety Center

• TJC at ASHE: New requirements, revised process and tougher job for LSC surveyors

  Expect The Joint Commission (TJC) to get tougher on water management and infection control...

• TJC at ASHE: New water management standard specifies requirements

  Your facility will need diagrams or schematics of its water system and a way to address stagnant...

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Medical Environment Update

• Sharps safety never stops

  The 32nd World AIDS Day will be held on December 1 this year. Internationally recognized, the day...

• Q&A: Hand hygiene compliance during (and after) COVID-19

  Back in March, hand hygiene was identified as a key factor in preventing the spread of COVID-19...