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Hospital Safety Center: 2020 Archive
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Reopening your hospital: Flush water pipes, double-check maintenance

July 2020 - View Full Issue

NFPA ramps up online resources with COVID-19 related compliance information

TJC, other AOs to change survey focus in wake of pandemic

NIOSH seeks to separate handling guidance from list of hazardous drugs

Ask the expert: Para-slides cannot be stored in the stairwell

OSHA issues interim COVID-related inspection policies

Review new Cal/OSHA guidance to protect workers from aerosolized diseases

Recovery: How Dartmouth-Hitchcock is reopening paused services

Ask the expert: Para-slides cannot be stored in the stairwell

June 2020 - View Full Issue

Few waivers available for inspections, testing, and other routine maintenance

Some non-critical ITM equipment waivers approved

Keep open communication, maintain fire safety in "extraordinary times"

Use these resources when considering use of a field hospital

Tips for creating airborne infection isolation rooms in a crisis

Former surveyor reveals common problems with LSC documentation

VCU Health initiative targets reducing workplace violence

May 2020 - View Full Issue

Accrediting organizations suspend most survey activities to focus on COVID-19

COVID-19 dominates preparedness as hospitals manage pandemic

NIOSH: Responders must be notified of coronavirus exposure

OSHA relaxes fit-testing enforcement under certain circumstances

EPA's pandemic civil enforcement policy

EPA releases list of disinfectants for use on novel coronavirus

Duke Health tests method to clean, reuse N95 masks

Q&A: What hands-on security interventions are acceptable?

Former surveyor reveals common problems AOs miss, but CMS finds

What deficiencies would you cite and why? And how would you correct them?

April 2020 - View Full Issue

CDC: Focus on protecting staff and supplies when new infectious diseases emerge

Be prepared to manage patient flow during pandemic response

Supply line for PPE remains a concern with emerging diseases

Use past experience and stay flexible when planning for pandemics

Emerging diseases: Check online resources regularly to stay prepared

Verma raps accrediting organizations' 'glaring conflict of interest'

Work with linen provider to manage availability, cut down on hoarding

What deficiencies would you cite and why? And how would you correct them?

Ask the expert: You may need extra LED fixtures

Massachusetts law could change signage and security at hospital entrance

March 2020 - View Full Issue

Work with local healthcare coalitions to successfully manage mass casualty surge

Incident command hospital offers tips on handling patient surge

Office of Civil Rights reminds planners to consider at-risk populations

CMS eliminates 2nd survey for psychiatric hospitals, to merge B-tags into SOMA

Use WHO guidance on 2019-nCov to review infectious disease plans

Full transparency key to stopping drug diversion in healthcare settings

OSHA raises its civil penalties for 2020 by nearly 2%

ECRI names top 5 health technology hazards for 2020

Is chemotherapy waste that's trace or RCRA empty considered hazardous?

Understanding waste prescription and nonprescription pharmaceuticals

Ask the expert: "No grandfathering" in LSC for doors

February 2020 - View Full Issue

Guest column: Explore using software to improve operational audits and patient safety

Clarification: 1135 waivers, temporary suspension of rules during a disaster

Critical access hospitals held to higher suicide prevention standards

Environment of Care: What to Expect in the Upcoming Year

Creating a culture of safety

Take steps to end sexual harassment in the healthcare workplace

Ask the expert: Check ASTM standards on diesel fuel testing

January 2020 - View Full Issue

Fire safety may trump ligature risk, but surveyors likely will want both

Expect the next decade to focus on coping with new technology and old problems

Follow these steps to make facility inspections easier, safer

Answers on business occupancies, power taps and monthly load tests

Worker wellness: Tips for promoting safe lifting practices

Use new delays to catch up to more stringent USP requirements

Educate leadership on USP expectations with this excerpt