Hand hygiene remains one of the most important and measurable components of patient safety. The World Health Organization’s Five Moments of Hand Hygiene framework was developed to reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections by defining when hand hygiene must occur

Real-Time Location Services are often introduced in healthcare as an asset tracking solution. But as discussed during a recent industry roundtable featuring Kerry Brock, VP of Sales at HID Healthcare RTLS, that framing does not capture the full picture.

The more we study patient safety, the clearer one truth becomes: when clinicians do not feel safe, patient safety becomes harder to achieve. This is not a matter of blame. It is a matter of human performance. In complex, high-pressure

Patient safety sits at the heart of healthcare. Protocols, pathways and systems are designed to reduce harm, prevent errors and improve outcomes. These efforts matter, and they continue to evolve as care environments become more complex. What is not always

The extraordinary number of interactions between patients, visitors, staff and equipment in healthcare environments create conditions for outbreaks of infection. Pathogens can spread via person-to-person contact, contaminated surfaces and equipment, airborne transmission and healthcare procedures involving invasive entry points. In

There are profound connections between public health challenges and human behavior. In the mid-1800’s Dr. Ignaz Semmelweiss noticed that women on the maternity ward at the Vienna General hospital were dying in significant numbers. Doctors routinely went from dissecting a

The stress of missing or being late for an appointment due to the complex and confusing lay-out of a healthcare facility, residential long-term care home, or hospital is something many people have experienced at some point in their life. New

Fifteen years ago, a grade nine student in Nova Scotia was mocked for coming to school wearing a pink t-shirt. The next day, the bullies learned that their actions were wrong, cruel, and unsupported by the rest of the student

Nurses are experiencing staggering rates of workplace violence. Data reported by Press Ganey revealed that there were more than 5,200 assaults against nurses in the second quarter of 2022. According to their National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators® (NDNQI®) the

Healthcare workers are among the most vulnerable employees in the workforce. In a 2020 report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the incidence rate of workplace violence injuries among full-time healthcare and social assistance employees was 10.3 out of 10,000.

Violence should never be part of the job. Yet for far too long, healthcare workers and nurses have been subject to unacceptable physical, verbal or sexual assault in the workplace. Data collected by National Nurses United (NNU) in 2020 and

Violence should never be part of the job. Yet for far too long, health care workers and nurses have been subject to unacceptable physical, verbal or sexual assault in the workplace. Now, health care professionals and those who assist them