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A little mo’ from the Mighty O (ccupational Safety & Health Administration)

June 08, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As they are wont to do, the folks at OSHA periodically issue safety alerts and it would seem that the ongoing challenges of managing the ongoing occup...

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They’re baaaack: TJC returns to the fray!

June 01, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Last week, our friends in Chicago announced that they will be resuming the survey grind in June (in all candor, I too will be heading out on the highw...

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Possibly making the impossible, possible…

May 26, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As I look back over the years, particularly my time as a consultant, I continue to be fascinated by requests to safety/facility professionals to (chan...

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The trouble with normal: Some things to consider as we ease back into recovery

May 19, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I think we can all agree that there are a lot of stressors in motion as we navigate the unknowns of the pandemic; some of which one might not normally...

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CMS provides yet a little more flexibility for the management of the physical environment

May 12, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant In the ever-unfolding saga of pandemic response, the folks at CMS have issued another couple of waivers relating to the physical environment. Of cours...

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In the grand scheme of things, this helps—but how much?

May 05, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant A few weeks back we chatted about efforts to engage the 1135 Waiver process as a function of fire and life safety systems inspection, testing and main...

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When you get to the end, you get to start all over again…

April 28, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I know you folks have (more or less) been under a constant bombardment of facts, figures, strategies, etc., relating to COVID-19 and, as every day bri...

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Will it go ’round in circles? A couple more pieces of the COVID-19 pie

February 13, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As I try to embrace brevity as the soul of wit (which is likely to be as close to Shakespearean as this space is ever likely to venture), I have just ...

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Why pay full price for the right thing…

April 13, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant …when you can get an approximation for a lot less money! I’ve been sitting on this particular line of thought for quite some time—long enough for t...

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Feeling pretty psyched: Some good news to share!

April 06, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant In full recognition that the longer the COVID-19 condition persists, the crazier it gets to folks on the front lines, so my intent is to (try—we’ll se...

A little mo’ from the Mighty O (ccupational Safety & Health Administration)

They’re baaaack: TJC returns to the fray!

Possibly making the impossible, possible…

The trouble with normal: Some things to consider as we ease back into recovery

CMS provides yet a little more flexibility for the management of the physical environment

In the grand scheme of things, this helps—but how much?

When you get to the end, you get to start all over again…

Will it go ’round in circles? A couple more pieces of the COVID-19 pie

Why pay full price for the right thing…

Feeling pretty psyched: Some good news to share!

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