7-Part EMS screening tool boosts early sepsis treatment

Source: Hospital Safety Insider

Emergency medical service screening for sepsis speeds administration of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign 3-hour bundle of treatment, new research shows.

Don’t forget to leave room for amazement: The perils of occupational fatigue

Source: Mac's Safety Space

If you’ll bear with me, friends, this week deals not so much with the harsh realities of our vocation, but with the hope that those harsh realities can be effectively managed.

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 life safety compliance.

Get ready to measure for accurate square footage- BBI is now required

Not only is the BBI now mandatory, it’s a requirement with its own EP. And you might need your tape measure.

As of January 1, 2020, the new EP 7 says that hospitals must have “current basic building information (BBI) within the Statement of Conditions (SOC),” according to the prepublication standard online.

National falls prevention awareness day

In honor of National Falls Prevention Day on September 22, we’ve made a list of several helpful resources. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), between 700,000 and 1 million patients fall in the hospital each year. 

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