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Hospital Safety Center: 2009 Archive
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December 2009 - View Full Issue

Use these 10 tips to tune up your RCRA compliance

A new breed of safety fair focuses on data-based trends

Survey monitor: Emergency management de-emphasized in Texas survey

Squeeze more energy efficiency out of your buildings

November 2009 - View Full Issue

H1N1 planning: Know when to open your emergency operations center

Joint Commission: Smoke-free campuses will be the norm soon—ideas abound for execution and enforcement

A drill reveals lessons on evacuating cancer patients

Survey monitor: Surveyors zoom in on testing and a locked egress door

Educate employees about the risks of using robotics

Local incident prompts hospital to improve active shooter policy: Hospital educates staff members after shooting

October 2009 - View Full Issue

Make a place for chaplains in your disaster prep plan

Expect continued survey focus on life safety compliance

Explore the outside standards cited within EC chapter

NIOSH questions one method of UV infection control

Public option would add $1 trillion to deficit

September 2009 - View Full Issue

Safe patient handling is on your regulatory horizon

Eyewash stations: Although not a regulation, ANSI Z358.1 wields influence

Food plant explosion tests burn center’s surge plan

Examine risks and solutions related to Pseudomonas

Healthcare Security Alert insert: Outsourcing your security

August 2009 - View Full Issue

Emergency management: Report urges you to prep for more HSEEP influence

Cut your energy bills with these award-winning ideas

Survey monitor: HVA and other disaster preparations receive scrutiny

Healthcare Security Alert insert: Surviving security budget cuts in a recession

July 2009 - View Full Issue

Hospital Safety Center Symposium: Grab EC success from new scoring, staff training ideas

Not quite a disaster, but more than a regular drill

Analysis from the field: FAA intends to publish new medical flight regulation

Think broadly about who faces toxic drug exposure

Healthcare Security Alert insert: Prevent pharmacy violence

June 2009 - View Full Issue

Nine cost-cutting pointers for belt-tightened times

Newly published FAQs shed light on common confusions

Guard your turf during community responses on-site

Know you morgue's limits, then prepare for an overflow

Lessons learned, when the unimaginable happens

May 2009 - View Full Issue

Battle-tested hospitals offer 12 pointers to beef up EOPs

Simple steps may help avoid life safety compliance woes

Keep new technology leashed until you learn its behavior

Hospital proves its 96-hour mettle in emergency plans

Nurses’ union pact aids emergency preparedness efforts

Consider pollution control devices for EtO rules

Prepare security officers for emergencies involving hazardous materials

April 2009 - View Full Issue

Chances may be growing for more medical flight rules

Eight ways to sharpen emergency planning compliance

Agency recognizes 18-inch sprinkler rule for storage

Hudson River landing tests emergency response plans

Internal document notes EC tracer is on survey agendas

Virtual world finds real-life use in emergency exercises

Run evacuation scenarios with new AHRQ tool

Eight steps to protect patients with dementia

March 2009 - View Full Issue

Drill for scenarios in which someone brandishes a gun

Homeland security tool can help critique disaster drills

Bloodborne remains No. 1, but asbestos jump is notable

Roof fire offers insights to fine-tune your response plans

The weapons dilemma: Should you arm security?

February 2009 - View Full Issue

Criticality scoring may be the biggest challenge in ’09

The EPA proposes relaxed pharmaceutical waste rule

New document highlights your role in foiling infections

Reduce workplace stress by pooling hospital resources

Forensic patients pose major security risks

January 2009 - View Full Issue

There is a familiar feel to DNV’s safety standards

Ring in 2009 with a better emergency preparedness plan

Hospital finds life safety, disaster prep reviews helpful

Avoid violence in the emergency department

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