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Mac's Safety Space

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Everything old is new again – lucky to have the work…

January 17, 2022

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant While it seems that most of the world is trying to wish away the pandemic, healthcare continues to “fight the good fight” in this longest of sieges. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Newest PHE renewal marks entry into third year of pandemic

January 14, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

For the eighth time since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national public health emergency (PHE), the secretary of Health and Human Services has extended the declaration for another 90 days, effe...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Supreme Court hears emergency arguments on CMS, OSHA vaccine requirements

January 07, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Supreme Court justices hearing emergency arguments about an injunction stopping enforcement of a CMS interim final rule requiring hospital and other healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-1...

Medical Environment Update

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Opening a safety can of worms

February 13, 2026

Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

In the 1964 classic movie Mothra versus Godzilla (released in the U.S. as Godzilla vs. the Thing), a giant egg is washed ashore in Japan after a hurricane. Godzilla finds the egg and tries to break it...

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Top Life Safety Code violations and how to address them

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Fire & Life Safety

While there are many Life Safety Code® (LSC) violations identified throughout an accreditation survey, many of them are “low hanging fruit” and some of the most common findings, according to Lance Woo...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Double check infection control and fire safety with onsite laundry rooms

February 13, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Fire & Life Safety

Check manufacturer’s instructions for use (IFU) as well as nationally recognized standards when updating your policy on the regular maintenance and cleaning of washing machines and dryers used for pat...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Mental shortcuts, fallacies, and patient harm: How we make healthcare decisions drives patient outcomes

February 13, 2026

Quality & Errors

Do you ever think about how you think, or come to conclusions, or make decisions? It’s a Philosophy 101 question, but in the healthcare context it means examining how we make assumptions, skip steps, ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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TJC launches into 2022 with new EM standards, other changes

February 13, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Workplace safety

The Joint Commission (TJC) ended the year with a flurry of reminders about new and revised standards for 2022, many of which had either been announced before or were otherwise expected. They includ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Study finds racial and ethnic in-hospital mortality disparities during pandemic

February 13, 2026

Patient Safety, Health Equity, Infection Control

In a recent study of Medicare beneficiaries during the coronavirus pandemic, racial and ethnic disparities in mortality were found in COVID-19 hospitalizations and mortality disparities widened in non...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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DNV: Annual surveys to continue through February, but triennial onsite

January 10, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

DNV has announced that it will conduct its annual NIAHO® surveys remotely at least through the end of February. The triennial onsite surveys will continue onsite. ...

Everything old is new again – lucky to have the work…

Newest PHE renewal marks entry into third year of pandemic

Supreme Court hears emergency arguments on CMS, OSHA vaccine requirements

Opening a safety can of worms

Top Life Safety Code violations and how to address them

Double check infection control and fire safety with onsite laundry rooms

Mental shortcuts, fallacies, and patient harm: How we make healthcare decisions drives patient outcomes

TJC launches into 2022 with new EM standards, other changes

Study finds racial and ethnic in-hospital mortality disparities during pandemic

DNV: Annual surveys to continue through February, but triennial onsite

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