Healthcare Organizations use a variety of chemicals in everyday operations. One of the most prevalent is the use of cleaning chemicals that support keeping the environment and equipment disinfected and ready for patient use. However, these chemicals can pose a significant risk if accessed by unauthorized personnel. Unfortunately, our consultant teams are finding opportunities with […]
Environmental Services (EVS) staff provide critical cleaning and disinfection support in all areas of a healthcare organization. This includes areas where special consideration must be given to requirements of the setting that can directly affect how the EVS staff member operates in that environment as well as special cleaning processes and procedures. This can include […]
The timely administration of medications is essential for optimal therapeutic benefit to the patient, especially those medications that can be considered time critical. These “time critical” medications are a class of medications (Anti-infectives, Anticoagulants, Insulin for example) that must be administered within a defined time window to ensure the intended therapeutic effect. This window is […]
The American Heart Association announced this past April that their new guidelines for resuscitation will be released this October. (See https://www.ertss.com/aha-2025-guidelines-release/). This will include new algorithms and training content. If algorithms are kept on crash carts, organizations should develop plans to switch out to the new version as they transition to the new guidance. This […]
We’ve all seen videos of people so consumed with looking at their cell phones that they walk into walls, into objects or even into potentially dangerous situations (like traffic). Every now and then, it’s important to stop and look up and by “up” we mean all the way up at your ceiling. Our teams have […]
