Field Notes

Protecting staff and patients from the hazards of accidental chemical exposure is essential to safe patient care.  This ...

Ensuring your medical equipment is functioning properly prior to patient use is critical.  Often this step is not ...

A critical element in the safe handling, storage and use of chemicals is first identifying those that are ...

This spring we have seen some very dangerous weather come through most areas of the country. Tornados,  severe ...

Instructions for Use (IFU) are critical references used to maintain medical equipment including calibration, preventive maintenance, cleaning/disinfection, and ...

Environmental risks can pose significant vulnerabilities to your patients, visitors and staff members.  Specifically, in patient care locations ...

Pain medication, when properly ordered, administered and monitored for effectiveness, can provide patients with relief of their suffering ...

Often patients are placed on defined precautions when a risk has been identified.  This includes fall, Pressure Injury, ...

Our consulting team has noticed this year that we are finding increasing issues with testing strips.  These strips ...

Recently the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (IMSP) released their annual update to the High Alert Medication Lists ...

Borescopes are visual inspection tools used on instruments that have a lumen that is hard to access because ...

Water and ice dispensers are convenient sources of fluids for patients and are frequently found in hospital nutrition ...