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The dangers and liabilities of not having your equipment serviced by trained technicians.
The dangers and liabilities of not having your equipment serviced by trained technicians.
The Joint Commission has opened applications for the 2025 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards and the 2025 Bernard J. Tyson National Award for Excellence in Pursuit of Healthcare Equity.
ECRI is applauding the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ new Patient Safety Structural Measure, urging healthcare institutions to adopt a systems-based approach to improve safety and reduce preventable harm.
The dangers and liabilities of not having your equipment serviced by trained technicians.
Seaward donated an advanced tester to a hospice in Yorkshire to improve the safe checking and testing of dozens of electrical appliances.
Read MoreECRI’s top health tech hazard for 2023 is “Gaps in At-Home Medical Device Recalls.” Confusing safety notifications lead to patient harm, as manufacturers lack visibility into users, causing some to miss critical safety alerts.
Read MoreSurfacide is expanding the use of its Helios low-level UV-C Disinfection System across all 10 hospitals in the MedStar Health system.
Read MoreChanging the tune of hospital medical devices could improve public health. The research builds on studies of sound design in medical devices.
Read MoreResearchers recently modeled COVID transmission in an isolation room to explore optimal room layout to reduce infection risk for staff.
Read MoreWith COVID-19 much more under control than when the pandemic began, it’s time to ask a simple question, maintains Jeffrey Ruiz, CHTM: “Did we win?”
Read MoreThe ISMP awarded the 2023 Judy Smetzer Just Culture Champion Scholarships to three healthcare practitioners who are emerging safety leaders.