Tag: healthcare workers

TV Show ‘The Pitt’ Highlights Real-Life Rise of Workplace Violence in Healthcare

By Andrea Greco, CENTEGIX May 11, 2026 Emergency Preparedness

Updated: May 11, 2026

As the latest season of “The Pitt” wrapped, viewers watched a familiar pattern unfold: healthcare workers navigating not only high-stakes care, but sudden, escalating workplace violence. Nurse Emma Nolan is first grabbed during a tense interaction, then later attacked in a confined patient room with no ability to call for help. In a separate incident, […]

OSHA Ups Inspections at Healthcare Facilities Treating COVID Patients

By Facilities Management Advisor Staff Mar 8, 2022 Emergency Preparedness

Updated: Mar 8, 2022

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced an enforcement memorandum for a short-term increase in highly focused inspections directed at hospitals and skilled nursing care facilities that treat or handle COVID-19 patients. For two years, millions of the nation’s healthcare workers have been battling the coronavirus. Many have endangered […]