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Mac’s Safety Space: The challenges of compliance may have never been as daunting as they are now!

December 19, 2023

Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures

As we enter the final moments of 2023 (we won’t be publishing the week of December 25, so I shan’t be pestering you about stuff and nonsense), I continue to reflect on the struggle (and, believe me, t...

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Mac’s Safety Space: Looking forward is looking back…

December 18, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

Or is looking back looking forward? First off, I want to wish you all the very brightest and most prosperous New Year—it’s been a while since a new year has totally delivered on its promise, but I ...

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Mac’s Safety Space: Risk takes a holiday…not!

December 18, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Physical environment

As one might imagine, I’ve had the chance to review a lot of different risk assessments over the course of the last little while (OK, maybe more than a little while…unless 20-plus years is a little wh...

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Mac’s Safety Space: Ligature risks and the road ahead

December 18, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

I know we’ve probably discussed this as much as we need to (or perhaps want to), but I want to touch on (hopefully for the last time) what is actually called out in the Federal regulations. I think it...

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Mac’s Safety Space: Baking management plans and holiday cookies

December 18, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

After binging the latest season of The Great British Baking Show, it occurred to me that there are (or can be) various levels of precision that must manifest themselves in various creative endeavors—e...

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Mac’s Safety Space: Expanding workplace violence requirements

December 18, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

As recently announced, effective July 1, 2024, organizations using The Joint Commission (TJC) for their accreditation are required to adopt a number of specific elements to be included in their workpl...

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If you don’t properly maintain the environment…

February 05, 2024

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

As we continue our crawl through The Joint Commission standards changes, let’s drop in on the changes in the Infection Control chapter. Although the changes aren’t necessarily pointed at the physical ...

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Emergency management moves out into ambulatory care

December 18, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters

Well, not strictly speaking—I’m pretty sure we’ve been working on preparedness in the ambulatory care settings for a while now. I suspect that this is more of a recalibration to ensure that all applic...

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Making sure there’s enough breathing room: Updating medical gas systems

December 18, 2025

Patient Safety, Environment and Facilities

One of the many lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic is that medical gas system capacity is an important consideration. I suspect a lot of folks are giving serious consideration to how best to...

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Why your water management program is important

December 18, 2025

Infection Control, Environment and Facilities

Over time, I’ve spoken a fair amount about the work of Matt Freje and the folks at HCInfo in improving the approaches to the management of risks associated with water systems. They’ve been leading the...

Mac’s Safety Space: The challenges of compliance may have never been as daunting as they are now!

Mac’s Safety Space: Looking forward is looking back…

Mac’s Safety Space: Risk takes a holiday…not!

Mac’s Safety Space: Ligature risks and the road ahead

Mac’s Safety Space: Baking management plans and holiday cookies

Mac’s Safety Space: Expanding workplace violence requirements

If you don’t properly maintain the environment…

Emergency management moves out into ambulatory care

Making sure there’s enough breathing room: Updating medical gas systems

Why your water management program is important

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OSHA Dental Facilities Update - November 2023

OSHA Medical Facilities Update - November 2023

Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

Tab 2, Dental Facility OSHA Manual- August 2023

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