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Mac's Safety Space: Healthcare electrical fires – more to them than you might think

July 31, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

There seems to be a recurring theme of electrical fires in hospitals this year. ...

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Mac’s Safety Space: Pondering imponderables – CMS versus the physical environment

August 07, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

So, jumping back a little in time, I want to loop back to the physical environment “problem list” identified in CMS’ most recent assessment of the survey effectiveness of the various accreditation org...

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Mac’s Safety Space: ASHE 2023 – San Antonio rose to the occasion

August 14, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Physical environment

Some thoughts and lessons learned from the 2023 ASHE Conference, held in San Antonio, Texas. ...

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Mac’s Safety Space: If you knew there was a problem in the physical environment, you would correct it

August 21, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

If you knew there was a problem in the physical environment, you would correct it. Wouldn’t you? ...

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Mac’s Safety Space: Healthcare access and safe inclusive care environments

August 28, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

As the healthcare industry turns fuller attentions towards the challenges of access, equity, and managing social determinants of health and the disparities arising from those determinants, I wanted to...

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Mac’s Safety Space: Managing aggressive behavior—some next steps to consider

September 04, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

Among the many unique challenges to healthcare safety and security folks, the management of aggressive behavior and workplace violence probably stands a little more prominently in the hierarchy. ...

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Mac’s Safety Space: How do you risk assessment?

September 11, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

If I have learned nothing over the course of the last little while, it is that the administration of the risk assessment process in any organization is as close to an essential undertaking as any I ca...

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Mac’s Safety Space: When you can’t swat back

September 18, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

Here are some things you can do to make it as difficult as possible for someone to “swat” your organization. ...

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Mac’s Safety Space: Egress and the art of mobility

September 25, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Thoughts on the introduction of technology as a function of mobile units (CT, PET MRI, etc.) and how those arrangements might come into play as a function of fire response plans, egress and any other ...

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Mac's Safety Space: Additional training may not bode well if you’re managing the environment

October 02, 2023

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

There are one or two takeaways from the recent CMS approval of our friends from Chicago to continue accrediting critical access hospitals that gave me pause. ...

Mac's Safety Space: Healthcare electrical fires – more to them than you might think

Mac’s Safety Space: Pondering imponderables – CMS versus the physical environment

Mac’s Safety Space: ASHE 2023 – San Antonio rose to the occasion

Mac’s Safety Space: If you knew there was a problem in the physical environment, you would correct it

Mac’s Safety Space: Healthcare access and safe inclusive care environments

Mac’s Safety Space: Managing aggressive behavior—some next steps to consider

Mac’s Safety Space: How do you risk assessment?

Mac’s Safety Space: When you can’t swat back

Mac’s Safety Space: Egress and the art of mobility

Mac's Safety Space: Additional training may not bode well if you’re managing the environment

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