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 ...
Read More Transplant Safety Management
Ensuring that transplantable tissues are safely managed is critical for patient safety. This includes maintaining acceptable storage conditions, ...
Read More Fall Prevention Strategies During Inclement Weather
Slush, sleet, black ice, and snow-every winter, these weather phenomena contribute to slips, trips, and falls. For the ...
Read More Is that Equipment Clean and Ready for the Next Patient?
The pace of hospital life tends to stay continuously busy, with patient equipment such as wheelchairs and stretchers ...
Read More Deck the Halls in Fire Safety
As we move into the latter part of the year, we look forward to the Holiday season. Many ...
Read More Documenting Compliance with the Use of Interpreter Services
Communicating effectively with patients is an essential patient rights requirement and a key element in helping patients to ...
Read More Why Are Respiratory Infections More Prominent in Winter and How to Prevent Them
Colds, flu, and other respiratory illnesses are more common in colder months. People are indoors more often, allowing ...
Read More Make Sure Your Staff Can Access Safety Data Sheets
With the use of caustic and other dangerous chemicals in healthcare facilities, it's imperative your staff can readily ...
Read More Medication Refrigerators – For Medication or Staff Food?
Have you ever opened your medication refrigerators and looked at what is actually in them? Recently I was ...
Read More Primary Source Verification: Challenges and How to Overcome Them
Many organizations continue to struggle with the primary source verification requirements. Primary Source Verification(PSV) is required for any ...
Read More Evaluating Patient Quality and Safety in Healthcare
Evaluating the levels of patient quality and safety can take many different forms in healthcare organizations. Medical record ...
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