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Top 10 Infection Control Challenges
As infection control chiefs gather for the annual conference of the Association of Professionals in Infection Control...
Clostridium difficile infections increasing among children
Clostridium difficile, a nasty, infectious disease that tends to spread in hospitals, is cropping up in more U.S...
VA to resume some procedures
The Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Milwaukee hopes to have resumed about half of the medical procedures...
Las Vegas hospitals need to change culture
  Las Vegas hospital patients can be protected if doctors and hospitals commit to do no harm. Others across...
Web Exclusive: OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Training Mandatory for Physicians
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration does not exempt physicians from annual training requirements...
NH releases report on HAIs
The state released its first report yesterday on hospital infections, showing that patients developed 134 infections...
US sees drop in dangerous hospital staph illnesses
Aggressive, drug-resistant staph infections caught in hospitals or from medical treatment are becoming scarcer, another...
Arsenal of antibiotics not being restocked
We have come to expect that modern medicine can cure just about any infection. But bacteria are finding ways to evade...
Hospital infections: The hidden epidemic
Going to the hospital puts you in harm's way. Hospitals know this and avoid talking about it. And until now, the...
79 Miami-area veterans never notified of possibly unsafe colonoscopies
The Veterans' Administration, which in March 2009 revealed that more than 2,400 Miami-area veterans were given...

Book: Lab Safety Training Made Simple
Written by "The Safety Lady,T" Terry Jo Gile, this book and CD-ROM will help make obligatory lab safety training simple...
Video: Needlestick Prevention Training Video
Highlighting the five most frequent needlestick scenarios, this training video instructs frontline healthcare staff on...
Newsletter: OSHA Watch
This bi-monthly newsletter gives you the information you need to help you manage your entire OSHA compliance program.
Book: Infection Control for Nursing Homes:
This book helps directors of nursing, staff educators, and long-term care administrators update their current infection...
Book: Complete Guide to Lab Safety, 3rd Ed.
The third edition of this popular resource makes training and compliance easier by consolidating regulations from all...
Book: OSHA Program Manual for Medical Facilities
Book: OSHA Program Manual for Dental Facilities
Book: OSHA Training Handbook for Healthcare Facilities
This concise primer cuts through the clutter and illustrates how to maintain compliance. Save time trying to interpret...
OSHAHealthcareAdvisor.com
An online community created for OSHA program compliance managers and safety officers in healthcare facilities...
Book: Facility Safety and Emergency Management
Promote facility safety and emergency management throughout your facility all year long with the HCPro Facility Safety...