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Healthcare Safety Leader
- Volume
30
Issue
2

OSHA: Look for rules on COVID, emerging infectious disease, workplace violence standards

September 27, 2022
Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is focusing on healthcare safety with some of its upcoming standards, according to OSHA officials at a safety conference in late September. ...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
16
Issue
9

There may not be any frost on the pumpkin yet…

September 26, 2022
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Physical environment
As the Fall colors start to manifest itself and the scary folk prepare for their time in the moonlight, it’s also a good time to remind folks about Fire Prevention Week (October 9 -15). ...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
16
Issue
9

Can I have sprinkle(r)s on that?

September 19, 2022
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety
Over the years, I’ve found that folks sometimes have a tough time wrapping their heads around instances in which sprinkler systems are impaired enough to require implementation of Interim Life Safety ...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
23
Issue
9

Q&A: Hurricane preparation in 2022

December 18, 2025
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Physical environment
It’s hurricane season, and the time to prepare was yesterday. As climate change increases the strength and frequency of hurricanes and storms, hospitals and healthcare facilities in hurricane-prone ar...
Healthcare Safety Leader
- Volume
30
Issue
9

Surgical fire and IC risks, and EC problems highlighted on survey

September 13, 2022
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Infection Control, Fire & Life Safety
Check your eyewash stations, verify air pressure relationships, ensure exit signs are functioning, review surgical instruments for proper sterilization, ensure food temperatures are within range, and ...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
16
Issue
9

Unauthorized field modifications – what you don’t know can hurt you

September 12, 2022
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Physical environment
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I have an absolutely clear understanding that there are very few (OK, very, very, very few) healthcare facilities for which there is enough space for ...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
16
Issue
9

The beginning of the end or the end of the beginning…

September 05, 2022
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Policies and Procedures
As we slide from the 8th month to the 9th, I’m hoping that you have/had the opportunity to take some time over the Labor Day weekend for some rest and relaxation. While it is certain that exhaustion i...
Healthcare Safety Leader
- Volume
30
Issue
8

Q&A: Safe handling of monkeypox in the laboratory

August 29, 2022
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Laboratory Safety
In a Q&A, Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, laboratory safety officer for multihospital system Sentara Healthcare in Virginia, discusses lab safety and the handling of monkeypox specimens. ...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
16
Issue
8

Point me at the sky and let it fly...

August 29, 2022
Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety
A couple of short-ish items for the week as we start to clear the decks for the headlong rush into the autumnal portion of 2022 (I know there’s still a month of summer left, but the season does seem t...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
16
Issue
34

USC launches new health systems management engineering program

December 18, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety
The University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering, in conjunction with the Keck School of Medicine at USC, and the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, has launched the first...

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