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The latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality.
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Featured Story | | NIOSH Says FFRs with Exhalation Valves Just as Effective at Control of Disease Sources | | NIOSH confirmed that approved FFRs like N95 respirators protect the wearer, filtering particle penetration to less than 5%. The report, “Filtering Facepiece Respirators with an Exhalation Valve: Measurements of Filtration Efficiency to Evaluate Their Potential for Source Control” (NIOSH Publication No. 2021-107), also confirmed that an FFR with an exhalation valve provided the same source control as commonly used measures like surgical masks, procedure masks, and cloth face coverings. |
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News & Analysis | | Hospitals Scramble to Prioritize Which Workers Are First for COVID Shots | | Even as the federal Food and Drug Administration engaged in intense deliberations ahead of Friday's authorization of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID vaccine, and days before the initial 6.4 million doses were to be released, hospitals across the country have been grappling with how to distribute the first scarce shots. |
| Discuss Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations Carefully | | May an employer covered by the ADA [Americans with Disabilities Act] and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 compel all of its employees to take the influenza vaccine regardless of their medical conditions or their religious beliefs during a pandemic? Quick answer: No. |
| Interoperability Is Delayed Again, Keeping Clinicians in Limbo | | Physicians have become all too familiar with the inefficiencies of EHRs; they hinder decision-making, decrease productivity, and are a leading cause of physician burnout, according to numerous surveys and studies. Burnout is a recognized threat to patient safety and care quality, and one of the most important reasons that healthcare leaders can no longer accept perpetual delays that are forcing clinicians to continue using inefficient systems. |
| Share Your Innovative Quality Improvement Ideas | | Any professional who is currently involved in patient safety or quality improvement is welcome to submit a case study application. The 2021 PSQH Contest Committee, in conjunction with the PSQH administrative team, will select one case study to highlight on PSQH. |
Sponsored content EVS Training and Certification are Essential to Healthcare's Mission | | Modern healthcare is based on two important principles originally ascribed to Hippocrates: help the sick and abstain from doing harm. Physicians are sworn to these ideals. Nurses and others in healthcare promise the same. These goals are certainly true for Environmental Services directors and staff. Sponsored by ServiceMaster Clean. |
| Medical Error Prevention for Quality and Safety Leaders: The Medication Use Process | | Preventing medical errors is a major goal for all healthcare organizations. One major source of errors is through the medication use process, which begins prior to the procurement of the medication and continues after the medication has been administered. In this December 17 webinar, we will review medication use processes and consider various methods to hard wire patient safety into organizations. |
PSQH Connect Designing Successful Medication Reconciliation Programs | | When deciding on where to place med rec resources, start by looking at where most of your admissions come from. For many hospitals, admissions largely come from planned surgical procedures or the Emergency Department, so these are prime areas in which to consider having a med rec team collect medication histories. |
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| Product Spotlight | | The Complete Guide to Laboratory Safety, Fifth Edition, consolidates regulations from all relevant agencies, including OSHA, The Joint Commission, CAP, CLSI, DOT, and state health departments. This book also offers customizable policies, procedures, and checklists to avoid costly fines and enhance your compliance program. Order now! | | |
Career Center | | Post your open positions or find your next career move with the HCPro Career Center. | | |
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