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Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

  As the 1969 song from the music group Chicago asks, do you really know what time it ...
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Mold on Eyewash Stations

  Mold, a persistent and potentially hazardous growth, has been frequently observed in the diffusers of eye wash ...
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Infection Control Rounding

  Yogi Berra was right, you can observe a lot by watching! The purpose of conducting rounds is ...
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Solution Dilution – Are your Detergent Soaks Watered Down?

An essential part of reprocessing medical instruments and devices is the use of chemical detergents during soaks and ...
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How Are You Maintaining Your Competencies?

Ensuring staff are trained and competent to perform their duties is critical for safe patient care and regulatory ...
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Maintaining Spill Kits

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

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

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

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

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