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There’s one in every crowd…

January 24, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I suspect that this is going to be a rather brief entry (but, if I’m honest, I usually think that and then…) as it is (yet another!) entry in the “the...

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Baby Love – The Supremes Tackle the Tough Questions…

January 10, 2022

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I hope you’ll forgive me if I cheat a little bit this week; living in the Boston area, the meteorological folks have kicked things into high gear with...

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It never really ends, does it…

February 07, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Concept-wise, this week’s topic is rather limited, but there is a little bit of ground to cover. I am hopeful that this is no news for most of you, bu...

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Are IFUs all you need to observe?

February 15, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Another item that I see referenced in surveys with increasing frequency are those relating to organization’s not being able to clearly demonstrate that they are managing their whatevers in accordance ...

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If 1 is the loneliest number…

February 21, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I think we’ve established for the foreseeable future that the regulatory survey of the physical environment—and, by extension, how one prepares for th...

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Normalizing relations – a step in a good direction…

February 28, 2022

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

A few weeks ago, the good folks at CMS revised their take on how they were going to be surveying organizations relative to their handling of COVID-19 as a specific focus. Much as the adoption of emerg...

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Who gets stuck…

March 07, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

As things start to even out (at least somewhat) in the pandemic (I can’t say “subside” yet, but I am hopeful that perhaps with the onset of spring we’ll get to the point where that is an accurate desc...

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Sometimes when you smell something…

December 18, 2025

Infection Control, Workplace safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I guess this is all part of the “return to normalcy” program upon which we are (seemingly) currently embarked, but it does appear that the regulatory ...

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Apparently, it’s Monday Morning somewhere…

March 21, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

I suppose it was only a matter of time before the forensic unraveling of the last two years or so would begin to take center stage, so the latest issuance from the folks at the Association for Profess...

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Striking compliance gold – but first, you gotta drill…

March 28, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I promise that this one will be on the briefer side of things, but sometimes a straightforward approach can work out pretty well. As part of a gene...

There’s one in every crowd…

Baby Love – The Supremes Tackle the Tough Questions…

It never really ends, does it…

Are IFUs all you need to observe?

If 1 is the loneliest number…

Normalizing relations – a step in a good direction…

Who gets stuck…

Sometimes when you smell something…

Apparently, it’s Monday Morning somewhere…

Striking compliance gold – but first, you gotta drill…

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