News
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OSHA Cites Facility for Failing to Protect Staff From Workplace Violence
by OSHA Healthcare Advisor, May 18, 2018
In the latest announced penalty, an acute care inpatient behavioral health facility in Bradenton, Florida is facing more than $71,000 in fines for “failing to institute controls to prevent patients from verbal and physical threats of assault, including punches, kicks, and bites; and from using objects as weapons,” according to information released by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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CDC Says Heparin Syringes May Have Caused Bloodstream Infection Outbreak
by PSQH, May 16, 2018
The infections occurred in seriously ill children who received intravenous medications through a catheter or central line in Tennessee, Colorado, Minnesota, and Ohio. No deaths have been associated with the infections and the number of cases is dwindling, the CDC said.
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New Ebola Outbreak in the Congo: Is Your Organization Pandemic-Ready?
by OSHA Healthcare Advisor, May 15, 2018
At the moment, the only confirmed current cases of Ebola were reported in a remote location in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; as of Monday, the World Health Organization reported 39 suspected, probable, and confirmed cases, including 19 deaths.
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National Guidelines, Quality Measures Clearinghouses Shutting Down
by PSQH, May 14, 2018
Both online clearinghouses will go dark after July 16 as federal funding runs out. Neither site is accepting new guidelines or quality measure sets in anticipation of shutting the databases down.
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Joint Commission Appoints New Director of Infection Prevention and Control
by PSQH, May 9, 2018
According to a Joint Commission release, she has worked for more than 30 years in infection prevention and control in hospitals and long-term care facilities, along with eight years of clinical microbiology experience. Recently, Garcia-Houchins was director of infection control at the University of Chicago Medicine and was a consultant for Joint Commission Resources.
Events
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Industry Monday 03/12/2018Patient Safety Certificate Program
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Industry Monday 03/26/20182017 Congress on Healthcare Leadership
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Webinar Tuesday 05/22/2018Healthcare and Law Enforcement: Working Together Instead of Against Each Other
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Webinar Wednesday 05/30/2018Patient Safety Strategies: Building a Fall Prevention Toolkit
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Webinar Wednesday 05/30/2018Patient Safety Strategies: Building a Fall Prevention Toolkit
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Most Read Articles
- CDC Says Heparin Syringes May Have Caused Bloodstream Infection Outbreak
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- Annual Industry Survey: The Challenges of Data Analytics
- Infusion Pump Performance: Flow Accuracy and Continuity Often Don’t Add Up
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