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Mac's Safety Space

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Mac’s Safety Space: Looking forward is looking back…

February 11, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

Or is looking back looking forward? First off, I want to wish you all the very brightest and most prosperous New Year—it’s been a while since a new year has totally delivered on its promise, but I ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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IAHSS approves guidelines for using K-9 security units in healthcare facilities

February 11, 2026

Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

As hospitals continue to tackle the challenges of keeping staff and patients safe, some facilities are considering bolstering their security with K-9 forces. In response, the International Association...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Workforce planning’s role in patient safety: Part 1

January 02, 2024

Patient Safety, Workplace safety

While artificial intelligence might be headline news, healthcare and medicine will remain the domain of human caregivers for a long time to come. Doctors to diagnose illnesses, nurses to care for pati...

Medical Environment Update

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Pillars of prevention: the critical role of oversight committees in combating drug diversion

February 11, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors

The establishment of a drug diversion oversight committee is critical for healthcare facilities. As the healthcare industry grapples with the imperative to mitigate the unauthorized use or misappropri...

Mac's Safety Space

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Mac’s Safety Space: Risk takes a holiday…not!

February 11, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Physical environment

As one might imagine, I’ve had the chance to review a lot of different risk assessments over the course of the last little while (OK, maybe more than a little while…unless 20-plus years is a little wh...

Medical Environment Update

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Laboratory safety in 2024

February 11, 2026

Laboratory Safety

It’s a new year, but the lab safety work continues, says Dan Scungio MT(ASCP), SLS, a laboratory safety officer for multihospital system Sentara Healthcare in Virginia. It’s the time of year when staf...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Smoke detectors should be at least 36 inches from HVAC vents to avoid survey deficiency

February 11, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Check whether smoke detectors are at least 36 inches from heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) vents to ensure they detect smoke right away. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Workforce planning’s role in patient safety: Part 2

January 09, 2024

Patient Safety

It’s not enough to have a good thing in healthcare—you’ve also got to keep it going. This applies to workforce planning as well explains, Patricia A. McGaffigan, RN, MS, CPPS, a vice president of th...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Monitor your accreditation compliance continuously

January 22, 2024

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Continuous readiness, including a mock survey approach that fully integrates the tracer methodology, is a good way to take a snapshot of the organization’s compliance, remind staff of the survey proce...

Medical Environment Update

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Q&A: Swimming with sharks and effective lab training

January 16, 2024

Laboratory Safety

When you train your lab staff, are you raising their awareness on a topic, or are you teaching them how to respond to it? While both have their own merits, when a chemical is spilled or someone is stu...

Mac’s Safety Space: Looking forward is looking back…

IAHSS approves guidelines for using K-9 security units in healthcare facilities

Workforce planning’s role in patient safety: Part 1

Pillars of prevention: the critical role of oversight committees in combating drug diversion

Mac’s Safety Space: Risk takes a holiday…not!

Laboratory safety in 2024

Smoke detectors should be at least 36 inches from HVAC vents to avoid survey deficiency

Workforce planning’s role in patient safety: Part 2

Monitor your accreditation compliance continuously

Q&A: Swimming with sharks and effective lab training

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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