Hospital Workplace Violence Prevention to Face Greater Scrutiny
CMS has instructed state surveyors to crack down on hospitals that don’t implement adequate workplace violence protections.
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FDA Watch: Agency Approves DTC Genetic Breast Cancer Test—But Attaches Strings
From - National Intelligence Report
On March 6, the FDA announced its first ever approval of a direct-to-consumer breast cancer gene test…
Emergency Staffing ABCs
By Dan Scungio, MT (ASCP), SLS, CQA (ASQ) bio
When I was growing up near Buffalo, New York, experiencing two snow storms in three weeks was no big deal; in fact, it was rather commonplace. When I…
Fanning the Flames
By Dan Scungio, MT (ASCP), SLS, CQA (ASQ) bio
Memorizing what actions to take in a fire situation is important, and reviewing this topic in October, National Fire Prevention Month, is both timely and…
By the Numbers: Lab Injury and Exposure Data
By Dan Scungio, MT (ASCP), SLS, CQA (ASQ) bio
Finding information about the number of Laboratory Acquired Infections (LAIs) and other laboratory injuries in the United States is difficult…
Getting a new lab space? Design it for safety now and save thousands later
By Dan Scungio, MT (ASCP), SLS, CQA (ASQ) bio
Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a laboratory manager who worked in a hospital that was designing a new stand-alone emergency department building which would include a…
FDA Sends 14 Warning Letters Regarding Cancer Products
From - National Intelligence Report
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to focus on direct-to-consumer marketing and sale of products and has issued warning letters in an effort to…
Do No Harm: Diagnostic Errors and the Lab
By Jennifer (McMahon) Dawson, MHA, DLM (ASCP) bio
"Do no harm" is the mantra that health care providers live by. Doctors, nurses and laboratory professionals alike enter into the business of health care because they are motivated to…
Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns Include Lab Related Issues
From - National Intelligence Report
Labs will find most relevant the safety issue appearing at number five on ECRI's list: Inadequate Test-Result Reporting and…
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