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Safety Month showcase: Prevent workplace violence by recognizing threatening acts

Effective intervention to decrease threats is dependent on the training and experience that enable security officers, public safety, and police officers to fully recognize and identify the early signals. Intervention also relies on nurses and healthcare staff understanding the signs of pending violence.

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Keyes Q&A: Calculating extinguisher size, sprinkler inventory, etc.

Each month, Brad Keyes, CHSP, owner of Keyes Life Safety Compliance, answers your questions about life safety compliance. Our editorial advisory board also reviews the Q&A column. This month's topics include calculating fire extinguisher size, requirement for sprinkler inventory, alarm testing qualifications, and more.

Want to know what your lab safety culture is like? Stop in after hours

In the laboratory setting, it is important to stress to staff that the environment they work in is not safe. If you suspect there are safety issues, stop in and pay a surprise visit from time to time. Your presence may lead to a cultural change, and it will help you learn where a safety focus is needed in your laboratory.

Use this checklist to reduce self-harm risks in the emergency room 

With the renewed surveyor focus on ligature and self-harm, healthcare facilities need to undergo a complete reassessment of the physical environment where patients with behavioral or mental health problems are cared for.


 

HCPro Product Spotlight

Infection-Free Vaccination:
Safely Storing, Handling, Injecting, and Infusing Medications

During this webinar on July 31, expert speaker Terri Rebmann will explain how improper administration of vaccines can result in injuries or prevent the vaccines from providing optimal protection. She will also discuss safe storage, handling, injection, and infusion practices for vaccines and how to put it all into action.


 

Mac's Safety Space

More managing the physical environment relative to suicide risk

June 28, 2018


 

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