Practical Applications for Enhancing Hygiene in Long-Term Care: A Multidepartmental Approach to Infection Prevention

During the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care facilities (LTCFs) showed a concerning increase in healthcare associated infections (HAIs). The unique needs of residents in LTCFs make them highly vuln...

Impact of Single Use vs Reused/Reprocessed Devices in Hospitals: Free Download

One way healthcare providers attempt to reduce hospital-acquired infections is to discard medical devices following use, rather than disinfect and reuse them. However, manufacturing, distributing a...

Is Your Organization Still Punishing Human Error?

Discover the Truth. Reimagine Shared Accountability. Build a More Just Culture.  Despite decades of progress, many healthcare professionals still fear blame when mistakes happen. The data tells a s...

Preventing Workplace Violence in Healthcare

Insurers Reduce risk and prepare your clients for new 2025 legislation Workplace violence in healthcare is on the rise, increasing liability and financial exposure for organizations. New state laws...

Call to Action: Practitioners Need to Warn Patients About Purchasing Counterfeit Drugs Online

Problem: Practitioners should be on guard for patients who may present to different healthcare settings with adverse reactions after knowingly or unknowingly taking substandard and falsified (SF) d...

Do You Know What Is Going on in Your OR? The Anesthesiology Residents' Perspective

PROBLEM: If you interviewed members of your perioperative team to ask what keeps them up at night, you might be surprised by what you uncover. The operating room (OR) represents an area with high p...

From Risk to Resilience: How PSOs Help Build High Reliability Organizations

In today’s complex healthcare environment, the push toward becoming a High Reliability Organization (HRO) is not just aspirational—it is essential. HROs operate under the principle that even in ...

What’s in a Name?

The “-grastim” drug stem name Medications that end with the suffix “-grastim” belong to a class of medications known as granulocyte colony-stimulating factors (G-CSF). This class of medications bel...

Promoting Clinician Well-Being through Human Factors Engineering

Healthcare providers dedicate their lives to patient care, often working within systems that unintentionally contribute to stress, fatigue, and burnout. Human Factors Engineering (HFE), a disciplin...