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Mac's Safety Space

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What a short, strange trip it’s been…

March 18, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I think we can safely say that 2020 has manifested itself in a lot of (vaguely unpleasant) ways, but this one has the potential for really shifting th...

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Time I had some time alone: How negative do we need to be?

March 24, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Just a quick couple of items this week. Don’t want to take you too far away from your primary focus! First up, I’ve been working with some folks fo...

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Rock on: Where do we go from here?

March 31, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant It would seem that the subtext to all we are experiencing/dealing with now is how long we can anticipate this “siege” to last, and (as is typical of t...

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Feeling pretty psyched: Some good news to share!

April 06, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant In full recognition that the longer the COVID-19 condition persists, the crazier it gets to folks on the front lines, so my intent is to (try—we’ll se...

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Why pay full price for the right thing…

April 13, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant …when you can get an approximation for a lot less money! I’ve been sitting on this particular line of thought for quite some time—long enough for t...

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Will it go ’round in circles? A couple more pieces of the COVID-19 pie

February 16, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As I try to embrace brevity as the soul of wit (which is likely to be as close to Shakespearean as this space is ever likely to venture), I have just ...

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When you get to the end, you get to start all over again…

April 28, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I know you folks have (more or less) been under a constant bombardment of facts, figures, strategies, etc., relating to COVID-19 and, as every day bri...

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In the grand scheme of things, this helps—but how much?

May 05, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant A few weeks back we chatted about efforts to engage the 1135 Waiver process as a function of fire and life safety systems inspection, testing and main...

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Brother/Sister, can you spare a sprinkler head?

July 06, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant This week, I continue my ruminations on all things relating to outpatient care sites (Quick question: Is there anyone out there who doesn’t have respo...

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And it makes me wonder…sure does!

June 23, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant And it’s not just a bustle in your hedgerow, so alarm might be warranted… Lately, I’ve been using this space to muse on the potential for changes t...

What a short, strange trip it’s been…

Time I had some time alone: How negative do we need to be?

Rock on: Where do we go from here?

Feeling pretty psyched: Some good news to share!

Why pay full price for the right thing…

Will it go ’round in circles? A couple more pieces of the COVID-19 pie

When you get to the end, you get to start all over again…

In the grand scheme of things, this helps—but how much?

Brother/Sister, can you spare a sprinkler head?

And it makes me wonder…sure does!

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