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Mac's Safety Space

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Sticker shock: Compliance your way (not someone else’s)!

October 14, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Cybersecurity & Technology

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As we continue our October re-visitation of some of your more evergreen topics and I was thinking that I had covered this particular topic recently, b...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Validation surveys can uncover array of problems

February 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

What is CMS finding on validation surveys that is so concerning? ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Study: most healthcare workers ignore policy, work while ill

February 15, 2026

Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

A study published this week found that nearly 90% of long-term care facility staff members who had an acute respiratory illness during five months of surveillance continued to work while they were ill...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Use new delays to catch up to more stringent USP requirements

February 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Check with your state health department or board of pharmacy to see if you must still comply with the requirements under USP chapter <800> Hazardous Drugs—Handling in Healthcare Settings startin...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Zero harm study finds many struggling to achieve goal

February 15, 2026

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Two million providers say they don’t have the resources to achieve zero harm ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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TJC, other AOs told to step up on finding EoC, LSC violations

February 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Expect CMS to continue its crackdown on The Joint Commission (TJC), HFAP, and other accrediting organizations (AO) for fire safety and physical environment oversight. ...

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Crying my eyes out: The never-ending story of emergency eyewash equipment!

October 07, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Workplace safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant October seems to be shaping up into a “greatest hits” kind of month as we once again dig back into the closet of perennial findings—this week finds us...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Infection control is front and center at annual TJC session

February 15, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

Infection control dominated the day’s presentations, which also looked at expectations for sterile compounding, Legionella control, using personal protective equipment, medication management, lowering...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Patient Safety Monitor Journal, October 2019

October 01, 2019

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Subscribers, download this month's full PSMJ newsletter ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, October 2019

October 01, 2019

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter ...

Sticker shock: Compliance your way (not someone else’s)!

Validation surveys can uncover array of problems

Study: most healthcare workers ignore policy, work while ill

Use new delays to catch up to more stringent USP requirements

Zero harm study finds many struggling to achieve goal

TJC, other AOs told to step up on finding EoC, LSC violations

Crying my eyes out: The never-ending story of emergency eyewash equipment!

Infection control is front and center at annual TJC session

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, October 2019

Inside Accreditation and Quality, October 2019

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