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Since this is the season for evergreens…

December 20, 2022

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

Since this is the season for evergreens, let’s close out 2022 with a little eyewash station madness. ...

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This one (unfortunately) is not going away

December 19, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

As I write this, it is the anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and I think you could make the case that the need for hospitals and other healthcare...

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When the going gets tough…

December 12, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Concerns relating to violence in the healthcare workplace has been with us a long time (was there ever a time when it wasn’t somewhere in the mix? I tend to think not). ...

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Looking forward is looking back…

December 05, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

When standards have been realigned in the past, certain “requirements” were dropped off, but some of those things never really went away, mostly because, while not requirements, those things were esse...

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Maybe these maps and legends have been misunderstood…

November 28, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment

Some highlights that might be useful as we close out survey year 2022 and embark upon the 2023 open season on the environment. ...

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What’s that smell?

November 21, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety

The other day, I fielded a question regarding the use of plug-in air fresheners and what regulatory-based prohibitions/allowances might be entertained in determining how best to manage these devices a...

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I’d like to reassure you, but I’m not that kind of guy

November 14, 2022

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant While I try not to belabor any particular thought or consideration, sometimes what I write about each week is a function of what I’ve encountered (rea...

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Can I have sprinkle(r)s on that?

September 19, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Over the years, I’ve found that folks sometimes have a tough time wrapping their heads around instances in which sprinkler systems are impaired enough to require implementation of Interim Life Safety ...

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The fight between the blue you once knew…

October 03, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

In an interesting dichotomy that can only truly exist in bureaucracies of a certain magnitude (enormity?) we have the announcement of the newest iteration of the Standards Improvement Initiative (whic...

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There may not be any frost on the pumpkin yet…

September 26, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Physical environment

As the Fall colors start to manifest itself and the scary folk prepare for their time in the moonlight, it’s also a good time to remind folks about Fire Prevention Week (October 9 -15). ...

Since this is the season for evergreens…

This one (unfortunately) is not going away

When the going gets tough…

Looking forward is looking back…

Maybe these maps and legends have been misunderstood…

What’s that smell?

I’d like to reassure you, but I’m not that kind of guy

Can I have sprinkle(r)s on that?

The fight between the blue you once knew…

There may not be any frost on the pumpkin yet…

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