Safety blogs everywhere, and that’s good
Sometimes it is difficult to draw the line between patient safety and worker safety.
Infection control issues will morph into blooddborne pathogen concerns, and hazardous exposures, chemical spills, or emergency situations can pose as much danger to patients as to staff members.
Indeed, safety experts will tell you that an organization with a solid safety culture won’t compartmentalize patient safety and occupational safety into fiefdoms, at least not to the extent where one safety hand doesn’t know what the other is doing.
That is why OSHA Healthcare Advisor warmly welcomes the addition of the Patient Safety Monitor Blog. This free, online resource provides readers with a forum on all things patient safety.
Of course OSHA Healthcare Advisor will follow closely the content of Patient Safety Monitor Blog to lend our perspective on patient safety issues that have implications for healthcare worker safety.
The best way to keep in touch on all safety issues concerning healthcare is to subscribe directly for email updates not only to OSHA Healthcare Advisor, but to the subscription features on the home pages of Patient Safety Monitor Blog and Mac’s Safety Space, the blog for hospital safety professionals.
Do you know of other useful patient- or healthcare worker-safety sites, or unique healthcare safety concerns not addressed on the Internet? Post them in the comment section below.
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David LaHoda
David LaHoda, the managing editor of Medical Environment Update and OSHA Watch, has produced healthcare training videos and consulted for medical practices and ambulatory healthcare facilities.
David has written 196 posts.
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