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Doing the math in your head – risk assessments in your own house

June 13, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Behavioral & Mental Health

Lately it seems that I’ve been running into risk assessments that “feel” more like incomplete thoughts in that all the risks within the assessed environment are not represented. ...

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Ultimately, I would really rather not…

June 06, 2022

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

Once again, the reality of a potential active shooter in the healthcare environment takes center stage and we are once again faced with the question of how to keep folks safe during such a horrific ev...

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I’ll see you and I’ll raise you 96 hours…

May 30, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

A couple of (relatively – you know me!) quick thoughts relative to Emergency Management for your consideration as we start the slide from Spring to Summah (which has pretty much happened everywhere, b...

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OPSIG could be your new best friend

May 22, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

I find myself frequently Googling (and re-Googling) certain topics, particularly the whole issue relative to the timing of fire drills. ...

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Flatten the curve – stop the spread!

May 16, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant This week, our friends from Chicagoland unveiled the Top 5 Most Challenging Requirements for the usual run of accredited healthcare programs: https://...

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One size fits none…

May 09, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

Questions about the safety training of traveling staff in a "hit the ground running" environment. ...

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Manage the environment, manage infection control risks

January 10, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant In looking back at 2018 (heck, even in looking back to the beginning of 2019—it already seems like forever ago and we’re only a week in!), I try to us...

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It’s not like they’re going to stop looking over shoulders…

December 13, 2021

Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As we close in on the second anniversary of when everything went (more) sideways (than usual), all things COVID seem to be heating up for the holidays...

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Philo-safety: Improving our practice in 2019

January 03, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Leadership & Finance, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant In case it has not become abundantly clear over the last decade or so of penning this blog, there is something about this time of year that sets me to...

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Mac's Safety Space Extra: You gotta get in to get out

December 15, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant For those of you who were not tasked with traveling over Thanksgiving, but may be coming face to face with it over the next week or so (particularly i...

Doing the math in your head – risk assessments in your own house

Ultimately, I would really rather not…

I’ll see you and I’ll raise you 96 hours…

OPSIG could be your new best friend

Flatten the curve – stop the spread!

One size fits none…

Manage the environment, manage infection control risks

It’s not like they’re going to stop looking over shoulders…

Philo-safety: Improving our practice in 2019

Mac's Safety Space Extra: You gotta get in to get out

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