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Mac's Safety Space

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Not just dentists need drills

October 04, 2021

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

There’s an interesting article on the history of fire drills in the latest issue of Health Facilities Management if you’ve not checked it out. I had the chance to do some work at St. Anthony’s Hospita...

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From the sky we look so organized and brave

February 13, 2026

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Once again (I’m thinking there’s no surprise to this), the public health emergency wrought by the impact of COVID-19 on just about anything you’d care...

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When you’ve done all you can do, what do you do?

February 13, 2026

Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safet As I start this, I’m thinking it will be kind of brief, but you and I have both been at the receiving end of my brevity, so we’ll see what happens. As I ponder...

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Remote control: Don’t forget to close the loop

February 13, 2026

Quality & Errors

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant It would seem that the likelihood of ongoing remote surveys is growing in relation to the number of organizations awaiting survey. To be honest, I’ve ...

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The roar of the ’20s continues: Optimism abounds!

February 13, 2026

Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I trust that you all were able to carve out some downtime over the holidays. While there was (seemingly) much less rushing around than normal, in many...

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Doing the waive: Categorical waivers are still in the mix…

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant In preparation for last week’s missive on the transmission of fire alarm signals during fire drills (more on that in a moment), I ran across a CMS cat...

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Are you transmitting? Late night fire drills and alarm signals…

February 13, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I think we can safely say that sometimes it is tough to pinpoint specifics when it comes down to what performance elements are cited during regulatory...

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Stay Centered and Carry On: PHE likely to persist through 2021!

February 13, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As any of the Peanuts gang might opine: AAUGH! In a letter to the governors, Norris Cochran, the acting secretary of HHS, indicated that it had bee...

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Gimme a break…or a spare circuit breaker

February 13, 2026

Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant One of the more common findings (as it were) over the past few years has been the condition in which a circuit breaker is in the “on” position and it ...

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You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder…

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant And so with the onset of Spring, our friends in Chicago are laying out some more fun stuff to deal with over the next 12-18 months. In looking at the ...

Not just dentists need drills

From the sky we look so organized and brave

When you’ve done all you can do, what do you do?

Remote control: Don’t forget to close the loop

The roar of the ’20s continues: Optimism abounds!

Doing the waive: Categorical waivers are still in the mix…

Are you transmitting? Late night fire drills and alarm signals…

Stay Centered and Carry On: PHE likely to persist through 2021!

Gimme a break…or a spare circuit breaker

You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder…

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