Newsletter Articles Make sure your staff knows and implements your policy on continuous observation of suicidal patients, check and recheck that air pressures are appropriate to the room, update infection control procedures to the latest recommendations, and be prepared for surprise surveys.  As health systems constantly seek ways to increase revenues while keeping costs down and dealing with ever-increasing pressures from accreditation agencies, it’s no wonder that they continue to look for alternative locations. Stethoscopes are maybe the most common of all diagnostic tools used in a medical facility, among the first pieces of equipment to be taken out when a patient complains of an ache or an illness. According to a new study, stethoscopes are also very dirty, much more than should be acceptable in an industry trying to reduce the number of infections spread to patients, and common cleaning methods used in medical practices aren’t working.
Mac's Safety Space Thinking that this may have gotten lost in the year-end shuffle, I wanted to take a moment to cover a little ground relative to Sentinel Event Alert (SEA) #60: Developing a reporting culture: Learning from close calls and hazardous conditions.
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