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Assessing Fire Risk in Your Operating Room: An Updated Algorithm

Safeguarding patient well-being demands meticulous attention to potential hazards, including the often-overlooked threat of fire and burns in the operating room. In the latest Environment of Care guidelines, The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has provided a Fire Risk Assessment and Prevention Algorithm, offering a comprehensive framework to proactively address fire risks in the […]

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AORN Updated their Fire Safety Guidelines – Here’s What You Need to Know in 2024

AORN released updated Guidelines for Perioperative Practice for 2024. Several sections of the guidelines got a refresh: Medication Safety, Design and Maintenance of the Surgical Suite, Manual High-Level-Disinfection, Safe Environment of Care, Team Communication, and Safe Patient Handling Movement. It’s clear that AORN continues to be serious about patient safety by ensuring that the updated

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A Guide to The Joint Commission’s Recommendations for Managing Surgical Ignition Sources

The Joint Commission recently updated its surgical fire prevention guide for the first time in 20 years. For a high level overview of the recommendations, check out our blog. In addition to the actions The Joint Commission requires, they suggest facilities take six additional efforts to prevent surgical fires. In this brief overview, we are

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At a Glance: Joint Commission Surgical Fire Safety Standards

The Joint Commission just updated its surgical fire prevention guide for the first time in twenty years. This doesn’t come as a total surprise. The Joint Commission has been getting serious about surgical fire safety all year. In April they published a safety advisory on preventing light source burns. In August they published a survey

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Meeting The Joint Commission and AORN Fire Safety Standards and Guidelines

The Joint Commission and AORN are two leading institutions that are working hard to create a higher standard of care in hospitals. The Joint Commission’s surveys are always around the corner, where hospitals are expected to show the quality of the care they provide according to their Life Safety & Environment of Care Document List

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The Time-Out: A Cornerstone of Surgical Safety and Successful Outcomes

In honor of this month’s National Time Out Day (June 10), we’re taking a closer look at this simple but invaluable surgical safety procedure. Introduced by the Joint Commission in 2003, this shared pause by the medical team prior to surgery is part of the Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, and Wrong

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New Surgical Time Out Flyer and Poster

TIME OUT! Wednesday, June 9th, 2021 was National Surgical Time Out Day. The pre-surgical time out was introduced in 2003, when the Joint Commission released the Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, and Wrong Person Surgery. Since then, the time out has evolved over the years to address a wide variety of factors

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How To Prevent Nurse Burnout and Bounce Back From a Tumultuous Year

May is both National Nurses Month and Mental Health Awareness Month, which makes it an ideal time to shine a spotlight on some of the hardest working professionals on the hospital staff: nurses. It’s important to recognize the toll that the pandemic took on healthcare workers, and look at ways to help staff recover

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Jackson Medical Donates PPE to Atlanta Schools During COVID-19 Pandemic

Working with Atlanta Public Schools and KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools, Jackson Medical provided teachers and school staff with PPE to create a safer teaching environment for students as schools continue to operate through the COVID-19 Pandemic. At the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Jackson Medical’s hospital partners, large and small, started asking the same

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How to Combat the COVID-Led Decline in Hospital Safety Culture

In many ways, the COVID outbreak created a perfect storm for medical facilities. As infection rates rose and many hospitals were overwhelmed, all resources were focused on managing the crisis. Nurse shortages, burnout and stress added to a seemingly impossible situation. And according to a new Press Ganey report on Safety Culture in the COVID-19

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