During a press conference with several doctors Thursday, Cook Children’s Senior Vice President and Chief of Communications, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Wini King, said the hospital system has ...

On this first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, federal officials are launching a new initiative to modernize building codes so that communities can be more resilient to hurricanes, flooding, ...

Hospitals use color codes to communicate emergencies quickly and discreetly. Each color code represents a different type of ...

Many hospital employees are unable to identify the meaning of emergency codes, which could hinder an urgent response to incidents, according to a study published in the International Journal of ...

Rifle City Council last week passed an emergency code change aligning theft penalties with Colorado standards. The state of Colorado has specific penalties for thefts, a tier system for different ...

The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority has released an advisory urging healthcare facilities across the state to standardize the emergency codes they use to notify staff of urgent situations.

Hospital emergency codes are used to swiftly alert staff to something requiring a quick response, but a recent study suggests many healthcare workers can't accurately identify them. To learn more, ...

Anyone who has ever seen a medical show knows what a “code blue” is. For those not in the know, it’s a medical facility’s emergency code that a patient needs to be resuscitated. That isn’t the only ...

HOUSTON – In a world where personal safety is paramount, knowing how to discreetly alert someone that you’re in danger can be life-saving. While there are many ways to call for help, having a set of ...

I first started working in healthcare security at St. Joseph’s Healthcare System in the west end of Toronto in 1985. I had only been working in the security industry since 1978 and I was still very ...