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Well, ain’t that a fine how do you do?

October 24, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

This should be a relatively quick news item that will impact organizations being surveyed by our friends in Chicago starting January 1, 2023. So, starting with the new year (as announced in the Novemb...

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How do you square with rounding?

October 31, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities

I think we all know that rounding as it might have once been required in the past (from a regulatory perspective) is a way to monitor conditions in the environment. Is it a good way? Is it the only wa...

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Mixing electricity and water – but only in conversation!

November 07, 2022

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Workplace safety

Two topics are on the rise in terms of potential impact on our facilities: electric vehicles and water threats. ...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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. ...

Well, ain’t that a fine how do you do?

How do you square with rounding?

Mixing electricity and water – but only in conversation!

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

What’s that smell?

Maybe these maps and legends have been misunderstood…

Looking forward is looking back…

When the going gets tough…

This one (unfortunately) is not going away

Since this is the season for evergreens…

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