Safety Newsletters

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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance

• An El Paso hospital trained for a mass shooting

  After a gunman open fired at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on August 5, the emergency department at...

• Using alternative energy to cut expenses and emissions in hospitals

  Hospitals are under pressure to watch the bottom line and reduce the financial burden of...

• Keyes Q&A: Smoke compartments, soiled utility rooms, smoke detectors

  Each month, Brad Keyes, CHSP, owner of Keyes Life Safety Compliance, answers your questions about...

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Hospital Safety Center

• Ensure compliance with EPA rule: Ban all sewering of hazardous waste drugs

  Review and update policies on the disposal of pharmaceuticals to prohibit the flushing of any drugs...

• EPA offers definitions for new management of hazardous waste drugs

  In February, the EPA published a long-awaited final rule on the management of hazardous waste...

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Medical Environment Update

• The germs that should scare your clinic staff

  New superbugs are emerging that the CDC and other agencies say can’t be stopped. Here’s...

• Fighting stress and burnout in your clinic

  Some of the biggest hazards facing medical staff (and the patients they treat) are lack of rest...

• Back to school: Teach employees safety rules by following the rules of the classroom

  At the beginning of each school year, teachers spend a month or more getting students into the...