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Medical Environment Update

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Spot check your facility’s holiday decorations

October 23, 2023

Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

It comes with the territory of being the safety officer that you are responsible to make sure holiday decorations do not affect the overall safety of your facility. The Life Safety Code®, which CMS an...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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A quick hand hygiene refresher: Protect yourself from bloodborne pathogens

October 23, 2023

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Though they can’t be seen, there are hundreds of tiny organisms living in blood and other body fluids that can cause disease in humans. These are called “bloodborne pathogens.” Some of these organisms...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac's Safety Space: HVAC operations—Better breathing ahead?

February 11, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

Well (at least up here in the Northeast), it appears that the cooling season is rapidly changing over to the heating season and, (so it would seem) the advocacy season is heating up as well. Late l...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Disparities evident among races in postsurgical deaths

February 11, 2026

Patient Safety, Health Equity

Compared to white patients, Black patients are 42% more likely to die following high-risk surgery and Hispanic patients are 21% more likely to die. Overall, about 8,364 Black and 4,338 Hispanic excess...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac's Safety Space: The ABCs of Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance

October 24, 2023

Physical environment, Infection Control

Historically, we generally don’t spend much time in the realm of the management of medical equipment, but when one of the primary shot-callers in the accreditation world brings attention it in the amb...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Mock tracer for waived testing

February 11, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Safety concerns and potential for erroneous errors have made the Waived Testing (WT) chapter a common area of focus for surveyors during patient tracers. Surveyors will observe staff while performing ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Healthcare industry continues facing staffing shortages

February 11, 2026

Behavioral & Mental Health, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

During the period dubbed “The Great Resignation,” millions of U.S. workers quit their jobs, including more than 145,000 healthcare professionals, according to a report from Definitive Healthcare. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Avoid technology upgrade pitfalls with careful implementation

October 30, 2023

Cybersecurity & Technology, Patient Safety

Hospitals are increasingly adopting technologies that improve efficiency and make life easier for case managers—at least in theory. ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Create on-the-go disaster kits for staff in an emergency

October 30, 2023

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Workplace safety

Sometimes disasters mean being on the go while evacuating the hospital. Sometimes staff and patients have to shelter in place. That is why it is important to create easy to store and quick to move dis...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac's Safety Space: Money’s too tight to mention—or is it?

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance

One of the critical relationships in the life of any healthcare facilities or safety professional is the one with your chief financial officer (CFO), which, if you think about it, is much like marriag...

Spot check your facility’s holiday decorations

A quick hand hygiene refresher: Protect yourself from bloodborne pathogens

Mac's Safety Space: HVAC operations—Better breathing ahead?

Disparities evident among races in postsurgical deaths

Mac's Safety Space: The ABCs of Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance

Mock tracer for waived testing

Healthcare industry continues facing staffing shortages

Avoid technology upgrade pitfalls with careful implementation

Create on-the-go disaster kits for staff in an emergency

Mac's Safety Space: Money’s too tight to mention—or is it?

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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