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Mac's Safety Space

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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. ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Life safety forensics: What’s wrong with this picture?

May 10, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

This photograph of a door to a fire exit was taken in a medical building. Those signs are the only signage for this door. Can you tell what’s wrong with this picture? ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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CIHQ publishes standard revisions ahead of CMS renewal effort

May 10, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CIHQ has updated its hospital accreditation standards as it finalizes its reapplication to CMS to remain as one of the four accreditation organizations for hospitals. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Nurse staffing think tank develops toolkit to address staffing crisis

February 12, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Actionable and immediate strategies for staffing in acute and critical care practice have been unveiled by a specially formed think tank to address the nurse staffing crisis. The Nurse Staffing Thi...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Clinical trial focuses on remote monitoring of cancer patients

February 12, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Cybersecurity & Technology

A Colorado health system is testing the feasibility of remote patient monitoring for the early detection of febrile neutropenia, a common, life-threatening complication of cancer therapy that is typic...

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Ensuring compliance with hazard vulnerability assessments, PPE requirements, others

February 12, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Fire & Life Safety

S. Caleb Thomas, MS, CHSP, CHOP, healthcare safety specialist in environmental health and safety for the Oregon Health and Science University healthcare organization, is passionate about environment o...

Medical Environment Update

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Q&A: Memory loss and medication management

February 12, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Quality & Errors

For many people, forgetting a daily dose of an ADHD, allergy, or other drug might be disruptive but not life threatening. However, for millions of Americans, taking the right medicine at the right tim...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Is it time for a National Patient Safety Board?

February 12, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

One proposal to improve care quality at the national level is the creation of a National Patient Safety Board, which would gather best practices, research and analyze errors, and put out education mat...

Mac's Safety Space

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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://...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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HHS' ASPR TRACIE creates resource page for ‘countries experiencing conflict’

May 17, 2022

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities

In recognition that armed conflicts can have a wide-ranging impact, the HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (ASPR T...

One size fits none…

Life safety forensics: What’s wrong with this picture?

CIHQ publishes standard revisions ahead of CMS renewal effort

Nurse staffing think tank develops toolkit to address staffing crisis

Clinical trial focuses on remote monitoring of cancer patients

Ensuring compliance with hazard vulnerability assessments, PPE requirements, others

Q&A: Memory loss and medication management

Is it time for a National Patient Safety Board?

Flatten the curve – stop the spread!

HHS' ASPR TRACIE creates resource page for ‘countries experiencing conflict’

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STET CMS & tools

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

Chapter 2: Chapter Format and Tracer Planning