Charles Murphy, MD

Physician Surveyor at The Joint Commission. The postings on this site are my own and do not represent the views of The Joint Commission.

[Grok @grok]

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[Charles Murphy, MD @ZeroPatientHarm]

@TigerWoods Good for you. Best wishes for a successful recovery! Pulling for you and your happiness.

[Charles Murphy, MD @ZeroPatientHarm]

@BKoepka @PGATOUR Welcome back! Best wishes. Win some more majors.

[Patient Safety Learning @ptsafetylearn]

🚨National Patient Safety Alert🚨

A new alert has been issued in response to the risk of harm from incorrectly assembled breathing circuits lacking proper exhalation routes for patients receiving invasive or non-invasive ventilatory support. https://t.co/8pEqOG9JL8

[APSF @APSForg]

🔥 High-risk airway
Anterior mediastinal masses can collapse the airway + great vessels during anesthesia.
Let’s review red flags, risk scores, imaging, and the need for spontaneous ventilation + early planning.

#APSF #PatientSafety #AirwayManagement

[APSF @APSForg]

In cardiac anesthesia, the biggest safety gains came from systems:

🩸Restrictive transfusion
🫘 AKI-prevention strategies
❤️ AF-prevention bundles
📋ERAS Cardiac

#patientsafety #CardiacAnesthesia #anesthesia #anesthesiology

https://t.co/B0CcQbjAzc

[Charles Murphy, MD @ZeroPatientHarm]

@marcorubio Terrible proposal.

[Charles Murphy, MD @ZeroPatientHarm]

@marcorubio It’s a terrible proposal. Requires major concessions by Ukraine. Essentially a Russian wish list. Very disappointing. The Institute of War said the plan amounts to a complete capitulation by Ukraine.

[Patient Safety Learning @ptsafetylearn]

🗨️We have found that when staff have a safe and trusted route to raise issues then all manner of issues can become visible to the leadership🗨️

Changing attitudes and patterns of behaviour in the workplace: An interview with Shaun Keep and Paul Adams. https://t.co/sok1nVCg8p

[APSF @APSForg]

Adverse events in #airway management leading to severe injury most commonly occur during emergencies and outside of the elective OR setting. Go to the October 2025 #APSFNewsletter to read more! #anesthesia #anesthesiology #patientsafety

[APSF @APSForg]

🤰🏽 Check out the latest #APSFPodcast on maternal safety! Special thanks to Nihon Kohden for their continued support of APSF. Don’t forget to lilke, subscribe, and review! #obanes #patientsafety

https://t.co/znvFHZpeIr

[Pharmacy Practice News @PharmPracNews]

🏥 Sterile compounding compliance is improving, but immediate-use compounding still trips up hospitals. See what the Joint Commission cites most often and tips to stay survey-ready ➡️ https://t.co/o3QKs2LrOk #Pharmacy #SterileCompounding #PatientSafety

[Gavin Hickey @GavHick]

Happy Halloween. Posting UPMC 6-7 Impella 5.5 best practices…Early shock team activation, complete hemodynamics in first 6 hours, use of Impella Order Set, hemodynamic monitoring q2-4h until lactate clear, GDMT on support for weaning, use of weaning algorithm! 7 -ambulate!

[Patient Safety Learning @ptsafetylearn]

🗨️This underlines why observing Work as Done is always beneficial: it allows us to see the realities of practice, understand where systems are fragile, and identify opportunities to strengthen them before harm occurs.🗨️

New blog on the hub this week⬇️
https://t.co/l2QVX0GFsA

[APSF @APSForg]

🤰🏽🩺 Fever isn’t always there. > 1 in 4 women who died of maternal sepsis never had one. This #APSFPodcast covers early detection, rapid antibiotics, TXA timing, & VTE prevention.

Special thanks to @eminaoum; Beth Clayton, CRNA; & Lisa Leffert, MD.
https://t.co/q9e3XoCkVI

[Patient Safety Authority @PAPATIENTSAFETY]

This week is International Infection Prevention Week (Oct. 19–25), organized by @APIC. This year's theme is "Stand UPPP for Infection Prevention"—with UPPP standing for Unite, Protect, Prevent, Prevail.

[Charles Murphy, MD @ZeroPatientHarm]

Please read if you are involved with patient safety #PatientSafety #pharmacy

[Patient Safety Authority @PAPATIENTSAFETY]

PSA received a report describing a fatal medication error that highlights persistent risks involving wrong drug events: A patient prescribed medication typically used to treat high blood calcium levels inadvertently received a fatal dose of a neuromuscular blocking agent instead.

[Charles Murphy, MD @ZeroPatientHarm]

@TommyFleetwood1 @LukeDonald @RyderCupEurope Congrats! Your play was stellar! Happy for you.

[APSF @APSForg]

Have you ever swapped the wrong medication because the vials looked similar? This is a serious issue in #anesthesia - what would you do in this situation? When is “just read the vial” not enough?
#lookalikevials #APSF #patientsafety

[Charles Murphy, MD @ZeroPatientHarm]

@ChicagoFed @Austan_Goolsbee @mHUBChicago Great that the target is still 2%!