Welcome to the HealthcareFacilitiesToday.com weekly roundup. Check out the key posts from last week and hit the ground running on Tuesday — or Monday if you're not lucky enough to have Presidents' Day.
Healthcare facilities have endless definitions for "safety" when it comes to their patients — along with a range of challenges that go with them. This week the posts from around the web discussed everything from security cameras in nursing home resident rooms to the efforts that Flint, Mich., healthcare facilities are making to keep their staff and patients safe from lead-tainted water.
Meanwhile, security professionals in Australia — like many in the U.S. — are looking for ways to handle violence in their emergency departments. And the L.A. Times is asking why the FDA took years to warn about scope-related infections.
Click the links below for a quick sampling of the month's infection control articles and be sure to come back to HealthcareFacilitiesToday.com every day next week. We’re gathering and sharing the news, insights and advice you need to do your job smarter today, tomorrow and far into the fast-changing future of healthcare facilities.
• Utah bill to allow security cameras for nursing home residents advances
• Why the FDA took years to warn about scope-related infections
• Hospital security guards want power to detain or restrain violent patients
• Creating a safer healthcare facility
• Flint hospitals working to ensure water safety
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