NSC says COVID-19 may become third leading cause of death in U.S.

In 2018, the most recent year of final fatality data, the third leading cause of death was...

Game Planning Your Return to Elective Surgeries

The recent moratorium on elective surgeries due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been brutal on...

Coronavirus: There are Viable Alternatives to New N95 Masks, Research Shows

N95 respirator masks as many as 11 years past their expiration date and used N95 respirator masks...

Why does it happen? Because it happens…

Source: Mac's Safety Space

How are you accounting for components/equipment that aren’t necessarily being managed through your work order system? 

Reopening your hospital: Flush water pipes, double-check maintenance

As you reopen patient care areas for non-emergent care, be sure to flush water lines, check...

CMS offers recommendations for reopening facilities

Here are some of the highlights from the recommendations by CMS for reopening healthcare facilities...

Notice outlines CMS differences with TJC requirements

In an announcement that The Joint Commission (TJC) has been approved for two years as a Medicare accrediting organization (AO), CMS outlines what it sees as the differences between TJC standards and its own requirements.

CMS clarifies some concerns about longtime accreditor

Given The Joint Commission’s (TJC) more than 60-year presence in hospital accreditation, Healthcare Safety Leader went to CMS for some clarification on its concerns that led to only a two-year renewal for TJC as an accrediting organization.

Q&A: PPE success during the COVID-19 pandemic

Personal protective equipment remains a hot topic in hospitals, and likely will for a foreseeable future still dealing with the patient surge from the 2019 novel coronavirus.

Serious adverse health events associated with methanol in some alcohol-based hand sanitizers

The FDA warns that some ABHS manufactured in Mexico has been found to contain methanol (wood...

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