Your Patient is on Seizure Precautions – What Does That Mean?
Often patients are placed on defined precautions when a risk has been identified. This includes fall, Pressure Injury, ...
Read More Solution Testing Strip Concerns
Our consulting team has noticed this year that we are finding increasing issues with testing strips. These strips ...
Read More Update Your Important Medication Lists
Recently the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (IMSP) released their annual update to the High Alert Medication Lists ...
Read More Borescope Cameras: Uses and Maintenance
Borescopes are visual inspection tools used on instruments that have a lumen that is hard to access because ...
Read More 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 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 Why Are Respiratory Infections More Prominent in Winter and How to Prevent ThemÂ
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 SheetsÂ
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 ...
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