CDC alert: Screen for international travel as Ebola cases increase

Review your infection control plan for Ebola now that the CDC is recommending that all...

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Experts urge more action, emergency OSHA standard on COVID-19

Thirteen medical and scientific experts urged the Biden administration to take immediate...

How to treat coronavirus patients in post-ICU care clinics

Indiana University Health is using an ambulatory post-ICU care clinic to treat COVID-19 patients...

Breaking the law: Not something you want to be doing…

Mac's Safety Space: A very quick item this week, mostly because I want you to have the opportunity to take advantage of a resource that I think is well worth your time.... 

NIST offers new tool for assessing airflow quality during COVID-19

The tool is designed for building managers and engineers to better identify strategies, such as adjusting ventilation rates or setting up portable air cleaners, that could help reduce exposure to the coronavirus in indoor spaces—like hospital rooms, waiting areas, or offices...

Check your spare circuit breakers for correct labeling or risk an RFI from TJC

Make sure spare circuit breakers in electrical panels are labeled correctly and in the appropriate on or off position, or else you might get hit with a citation from The Joint Commission (TJC).

TJC has said that as of January 1 of this year, it would start scoring incorrectly labeled or positioned circuit breakers under Environment of Care standard EC.02.05.01, on managing utility risks. Under element of performance 9, TJC requires hospitals to label “utility system controls to facilitate partial or complete emergency shutdowns.”

OSHA proposes updates to HazCom, comment period ends April 19

On February 16, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed rules to modify the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to conform to the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) Revision 7, which is more current than the version of the GHS that’s incorporated into the existing HCS.

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