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

• How not to run out of water

  It’s not something that happens often, but water system interruptions can severely disrupt...

• Has the ransomware threat taught hospitals how to protect electronic infrastructure?

  While the number of attacks is increasing, so too is the cost of the attacks. In Q2 of 2019, the...

• Cold weather is here; get your clinic in gear

  The cold weather can engender many dangers that can injure your patients, your employees, and the...

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Hospital Safety Center

• Ligature risk, infection control top concerns at Executive Briefings

  Widespread ligature risks, incomplete environmental risk assessments, and lack of a mitigation plan...

• Top EC problems include infection control, risk assessments, documentation

  Beyond ligature risk, the top concerns found under The Joint Commission’s (TJC) Environment...

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Medical Environment Update

• Chemical and radiological hazards

  Healthcare workers face several kinds of workplace hazards every day, but no other danger has the...

• Lab safety leadership

  The first step for a new lab leader is to ensure the existence of a functional laboratory safety...

• The workers to be thankful for...

  … and those to be worried about