Do you suspect your work chair means you harm? You might be right. Forget about inferior designs and cheap materials. Chairs don’t get to pick who makes them or how. But is it entirely impossible to believe that they get to choose how they respond to their lot in life? Here are five signs your …
Lab techs are a passionate bunch, but they’re not all that difficult to please. Sure, they’re dreamers (mmm, beers with Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson), but they’re also down to earth. Organization, cleanliness, and caffeine are usually enough to fill lab techs’ hearts with joy. Here are seven things that make lab techs ridiculously …
What do the patient who watches their soaps at full volume, that old squeaky cart, and the visitor with the Justin Bieber ringtone that goes off constantly have in common? They create unnecessary hospital noise that can have negative consequences on patients, staff, and HCAHPS scores. The good news? There are a number of easy, …
Your healthcare organization cannot afford to disregard any complaints of discomfort from its employees. That doesn’t necessarily mean every worker should be provided with a personal masseuse. What it does mean is that every sore foot, aching back, and kinked neck is worth careful consideration, for a number of reasons. First and foremost, employees are …
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