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What do you do when a surveyor tells you (you have to do) something?

February 11, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

But then, when you get a chance to review the contents of the survey report, what the surveyor told you in the moment isn’t anywhere to be found … It seems that lately, there’s been a spate of folk...

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Managing one of your most critical utility systems' assets

March 19, 2024

Environment and Facilities

While most of the time your Emergency Power Supply System (EPSS) stands by to provide coverage in the event of a power outage/disruption, as most of you know, it takes a lot of care and feeding (so t...

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ECRI top 10 patient safety concerns

February 11, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Physical environment

Recently, the good folks at ECRI revealed their report on the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2024. I don’t know that anyone would be surprised at what made the list, though I am surprised that one...

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Breaking news: Regulated medical waste to be managed

February 11, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities

In an interesting update, our friends from Chicago have updated the requirements for managing trash (heretofore identified as: The hospital has procedures for the proper routine storage and prompt dis...

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Is compliance in the physical environment a solvable equation?

February 11, 2026

Physical environment, Environment and Facilities

There always seems to be a lot of interest in how folks manage conditions in the environment, particularly how “other” folks are managing conditions in the environment. Clearly, the interest in all th...

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A portion of the physical environment is invisible

April 08, 2024

Physical environment, Environment and Facilities

Lately, I’ve been doing a lot work that involves above-the-ceiling inspections, so I’ve been spending a fair amount of time in “backstage” areas. As my knees will tell you (as they have been reminding...

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Emergency management: Glass half full or glass half empty?

February 11, 2026

Physical environment, Environment and Facilities

Or is there even a glass when there is no dire emergency facing healthcare? ...

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MRI safety—It’s everyone’s responsibility

February 11, 2026

Healthcare Staff, Physical environment

… whether they know it or not! ...

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Compliance chickens and regulatory eggs

April 29, 2024

Workplace safety

But which came first? In the world of safety data, there is certainly a tendency to want to know what’s going on in that world, and oftentimes that knowledge comes tied to a Top (insert number here...

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Should we talk about the weather?

May 06, 2024

Climate Change, Environment and Facilities, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Physical environment

Having bopped around a fair amount of the nation over the last 6 months or so, I heard a fair number of stories from folks working in healthcare of the many and varied travails they faced during the w...

What do you do when a surveyor tells you (you have to do) something?

Managing one of your most critical utility systems' assets

ECRI top 10 patient safety concerns

Breaking news: Regulated medical waste to be managed

Is compliance in the physical environment a solvable equation?

A portion of the physical environment is invisible

Emergency management: Glass half full or glass half empty?

MRI safety—It’s everyone’s responsibility

Compliance chickens and regulatory eggs

Should we talk about the weather?

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