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A Strong Culture of Safety Begins With Leadership

A Strong Culture of Safety Begins With Leadership

March 2, 2017

Published: March 2, 2017 This post, A Strong Culture of Safety Begins With Leadership, first appeared on www.outpatientsurgery.net. Healthcare leaders who fail to promote and support safety protocols within their facilities are at least partially to blame for such adverse events as wrong-site surgery and delays in treatment, according to a Sentinel Event Alert released by The Joint Commission. “A strong culture of safety begins with leadership — their behaviors and actions set the bar,” […]

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Medical Waste - What to put in a red trash bag

Red Trash Bags: What Type of Medical Waste Goes In & What Should Stay Out

May 18, 2016

You know that the red trash bags are specially made to contain medical or biohazardous waste, but what exactly should you put in them and what should go in the regular trash? Use these bags to dispose of solid or liquid items contaminated with blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM). There are multiple definitions used for medical waste, which is also referred to as regulated, infective, infectious and biohazardous waste. A definition from OSHA […]

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