Newsletter Articles The U.S. Pharmacopeia Convention (USP) published standards in 2016 to protect workers who handle hazardous drugs. Those standards, contained in the chapter known as USP <800>, were slated to become fully enforceable on July 1, 2018, but USP announced in late September that it would postpone that date by 17 months, to December 1, 2019. Without the ‘body counts’ that bolstered USP <797>, will regulators feel the pinch to make USP <800> mandatory?  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a campaign to help bring attention to the dangers of sepsis, a condition that is fast becoming the number one cause of death in U.S. hospitals. If a fire breaks out in your facility, anyone fleeing the flames—patients, staff, and visitors alike—should be able to evacuate without being stopped or unduly slowed down by a door. That’s why healthcare facilities are generally required to ensure that their egress doors are free from locks that require a tool or key to open. But there are, of course, exceptions.
Marketing Spotlight Hospitals face many challenges in regard to active shooter risk such as providing care to victims of shootings and being prepared in the event a shooting situation occurs at the hospital. In times of crisis, it is imperative that proper protocol is followed to minimize risk to workers and patients, and to end the situation as safely as possible. This is where The Active Shooter Response Toolkit for Healthcare Workers steps in to help. This electronic toolkit contains best practices, on-the-job advice, and tools that allow you to easily train your hospital staff—delivered to you in a fast and convenient electronic format. This electronic toolkit will:
• Help you prepare your staff for an active shooter situation
• Provide an overview of the potential threat of active shooters in hospitals
• Give you and your staff lots of tips about how to prepare a hospital facility to protect against an active shooter threat
• Teach your staff how to recognize a potential shooter
• Explain what to expect from first responders and how to help and preserve life during an active shooter incident
• Outline a plan to quickly recover to help keep the facility open and operational
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