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

• TJC changes EP on spare sprinkler heads again, to minimum six

  Those spare sprinkler heads will need to be readily available and stored in a cabinet along with...

• Keyes Q&A: Hanging decorations, curling irons, valve tests, eyewash stations

  Q: What does the Life Safety Code® (LSC) say for hanging decorations from the ceiling in a...

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Hospital Safety Center

• COVID-19: Keep eye on O2 storage systems, mortuary supplies as surges continue

  If you need more morgue space, be sure there is a sufficient power source for any refrigerated...

• CMS humidity rule still requires you to follow manufacturer's requirement

  Q: A piece of equipment comes with the recommendation that it should operate in a 30%–60...

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Medical Environment Update

• From floor to patient: Pathogens on the ground don't stay there

  According to a small study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, it only...

• The Power of the Pause

  The majority of laboratory injuries and exposures are preventable, and most of them occur because...