Wintertime Prevention of Respiratory Infections
Respiratory infections, are a large proportion of hospitalization & mortality during the winter months. Learn preventive measures for patients and staff to stay healthy.
Author: Denise E. Smith, RN, MS, CLNC, HACP-CMS, Head of Consulting & Senior Consultant
The Impact of Staffing Shortages in Healthcare: Challenges and Solutions
Staffing shortages in healthcare can have a major impact on patient safety and quality of care. Learn key aspects of staffing shortages and strategies to address them.
Orientation – Success for New Employees
Learn the key components of effective healthcare employee orientation including house-wide, departmental and job-specific training to integrate & retain staff.
Assessing Your Dental Services for Compliance – Part II
Learn about critical elements of dental services including water quality, amalgam waste, imaging safety, emergency care, discharge instructions, and more.
Why Thorough Instrument Inspection Matters for Patient Safety
Learn why proper inspection of instruments like scopes, clamps and scissors is vital for patient safety and infection control in healthcare facilities.
Creating Effective OPPE Performance Measurement Indicators
Learn how to develop specialty-specific OPPE performance measurement indicators to evaluate competencies like patient care and professionalism for credentialing.
Why Are Respiratory Infections More Prominent in Winter and How to Prevent Them
Learn research-backed ways like handwashing, masks and disinfection to prevent colds, flu and respiratory illnesses prominent in winter months.
Medication Refrigerators – For Medication or Staff Food?
Safe medication management in the OR/Procedure area is crucial to ensuring patient safety. Learn more about the importance of labeling.reporting and/or querying.
A Guide To Meeting Dental Service Compliance
Assess your dental practice’s compliance with regulations on key areas like admin, staff education, safety protocols, cleaning and disinfection procedures and more.
Medication or Milk?
Safe medication management in the OR/Procedure area is crucial to ensuring patient safety. Learn more about the importance of labeling.reporting and/or querying.
Why The Culture Of Safety In Healthcare Matters
Culture of Safety is how a healthcare organization supports patient safety. Learn what organizations do to promote a safety culture.
Understanding the National Practitioner Data Bank
During Medical Staff audits, it is not unusual to have National Practitioner Data Bank queries missing in the medical staff files. Learn more about reporting and/or querying.