Study: Better controls, not testing, crucial to worker safety during pandemic

A new study finds that, while voluntary testing of asymptomatic healthcare workers for COVID-19...

OSHA issues temporary guidance on PAPR enforcement

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued temporary guidance on enforcement...

Mortality data supports placing seriously ill coronavirus patients on ECMO

Seriously ill coronavirus patients placed on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation life support have...

Madman Across the Water Management Program

Source: Mac's Safety Space

This week brings us something of an unexpected development in the management of the physical environment....

Q&A: Exits, slips, pipes, and evacuations in the snow

Winter snow, ice, and cold should be a few weeks away—but it’s 2020, so we shouldn’t take anything for granted. Regardless, hospitals and clinics should run through their annual winter checklists now. Have teams ready to clear snowed-in exits, check for supplies of ice melt, and send  out warnings to wear the right clothes for the weather.

What will your survey include? Some old things, some new

Surveys are resuming in areas deemed safe for on-site visits even as the coronavirus pandemic continues its waves of surge and decline. With COVID-19 still on everyone’s mind, expect to be asked for documentation of inspection, testing, and maintenance (ITM) of critical systems and to show lessons learned from the public health emergency (PHE).

Healthcare under fire: Treating patients while the West Coast burns

During a crisis like this, people will be relying on healthcare providers more than ever. Patients will come in suffering from physical ailments such as smoke inhalation, dehydration, or burns. They’ll come in with mental and emotional issues from watching their homes, sometimes their towns, burn down.

Hospitals and clinics need to be prepared ahead of time to deal with patient surges, unsafe conditions, and the possible need to evacuate.

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