Report offers solutions to prevent caregiver burnout

Source: Hospital Safety Insider

The National Academy of Medicine offered recommendations to prevent and mitigate caregiver burnout in a new report released this week.

Who remembers pop-o-matic Trouble?

Source: Mac's Safety Space

In something of a variation on another bloggy evergreen, I ask the rhetorical question: To what, if any, extent have you included consideration of  board games in your physical environment risk assessments for behavioral health? 

Cold weather is here; get your clinic in gear

The cold weather can engender many dangers that can injure your patients, your employees, and the reputation--and financial well-being--of your health clinic if not properly handled.

SHEA: Study finds major problems with PPE doffing

For years, infection control experts have warned that improper donning and doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE) when dealing with patients who have highly contagious illnesses can lead to trouble.

Now, there appears to be evidence that those experts were right.

USP delays revised chapters; USP to be informational only for now

Originally intended to take effect on December 1, it’s unclear how long the delay for these chapters will be.

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