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Introducing PSQH: The Podcast
The mission of PSQH: The Podcast is to provide clear, relevant, actionable information on topics that matter to patient safety and quality professionals in podcast form through engaging and insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.
 

News & Analysis
New Infection Prevention Guidelines Highlight Lessons Learned From COVID-19
The societies quickly developed the guidelines to respond to the pandemic, a process that usually takes more than a year. The guidelines were developed by a committee of frontline clinicians, healthcare epidemiologists, and other infectious disease specialists.
American Heart Association Issues COVID-19 CPR Guidelines
The AHA recommended additional precautions for emergency medical services technicians and healthcare workers. Both EMS personnel and healthcare workers should don personal protective equipment to guard against contact with both airborne and droplet particles before entering a patient room or scene of a cardiac arrest. Only essential personnel should be allowed in the room or on the scene.
How Cancer Clinics Can Treat Patients Safely During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Patients with cancer are a high-risk group during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a World Health Organization report published in February. The report, which is based on data collected in China, found that COVID-19 patients with cancer are more than five times more likely to die from the disease compared to COVID-19 patients who have no comorbid conditions.
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Hand Hygiene For All: What’s the Rub?
Everyone in healthcare, whether frontline staff or providers of ancillary services, must consistently perform hand hygiene. This May 19 webinar will discuss how we achieve compliance with this basic practice of infection prevention.
 

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Sunday, 8/2 - The 57th ASHE Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition

Tuesday, 9/15 - NAHQ Next

Wednesday, 9/30 - Patient Experience Symposium 2020

Thursday, 10/29 - ABQAURP's 43rd Annual Health Care Quality & Patient Safety Conference
 

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The Complete Guide to Laboratory Safety, Fifth Edition

This updated training and safety resource from Dan "The Lab Safety Man" Scungio consolidates regulations from all relevant agencies, including OSHA, The Joint Commission, CAP, CLSI, DOT, and state health departments. This book also offers customizable policies, procedures, and checklists to avoid costly fines and enhance your compliance program.

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