Unknown Chemicals = Unknown Hazards
A critical element in the safe handling, storage and use of chemicals is first identifying those that are ...
Read More Tornado and Hazardous Weather Preparedness
This spring we have seen some very dangerous weather come through most areas of the country. Tornados, severe ...
Read More Keep Those Instructions for Use Current!
Instructions for Use (IFU) are critical references used to maintain medical equipment including calibration, preventive maintenance, cleaning/disinfection, and ...
Read More The Importance of Routine Environmental Risk Evaluation
Environmental risks can pose significant vulnerabilities to your patients, visitors and staff members. Specifically, in patient care locations ...
Read More Improving Pain Medication Practices
Pain medication, when properly ordered, administered and monitored for effectiveness, can provide patients with relief of their suffering ...
Read More Your Patient is on Seizure Precautions – What Does That Mean?
Often patients are placed on defined precautions when a risk has been identified. This includes fall, Pressure Injury, ...
Read More Solution Testing Strip Concerns
Our consulting team has noticed this year that we are finding increasing issues with testing strips. These strips ...
Read More Update Your Important Medication Lists
Recently the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (IMSP) released their annual update to the High Alert Medication Lists ...
Read More Borescope Cameras: Uses and Maintenance
Borescopes are visual inspection tools used on instruments that have a lumen that is hard to access because ...
Read More Is Your Healthcare Facility’s Water & Ice Dispenser Safe for Patients?
Water and ice dispensers are convenient sources of fluids for patients and are frequently found in hospital nutrition ...
Read More Insulator Testers – Don’t Get Zapped
Instrument insulator testers are commonly used on laparoscopic instrumentation and other surgical instruments (bi-polar instruments) that have an ...
Read More Aligning Patient Pain Needs with Effective Medication Intervention
Following medical orders for pain medication is essential to support effective pain control. If pain medications are not ...
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