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risk-reduction strategies

Grasping the all-important concept of risk

January 11, 2011

To fulfill your responsibility toward evidence-based practice, you need to understand statistical techniques. In the first article in our new “Spotlight on Statistics” series, the authors demystify the…

Joint Commission releases Sentinel Event Alert

August 21, 2014

On Aug. 20, The Joint Commission released “Sentinel Event Alert 53: Managing risk during transition to new ISO tubing connector standards.” New ISO standards are being developed to…

Patient handling injuries: Risk factors and risk-reduction strategies

May 18, 2016

For more than 40 years, nurses have had the highest jobrelated injury rates of all healthcare personnel. In a 2011 survey conducted by the American Nurses Association: • 62% of nurses expressed concerns about…