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Volume
25
Issue
1

Insight in preparedness for healthcare facilities

December 20, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures
The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 brought the need for emergency preparedness in hospitals and medical facilities to the forefront of nearly every discussion in the industry. Today, with the...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
15
Issue
50

Emergency department agitation code response team reduces use of physical restraints

December 20, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety
A team-based approach to responding to agitated patients in the Emergency Department (ED) setting can result in a significant decrease in the utilization of physical restraints, a recent journal artic...
Healthcare Safety Leader
- Volume
30
Issue
1

Recovery: Lessons and observations after earthquakes

December 20, 2025
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities
A key element of an emergency preparedness plan is assessing how the staff and facility handled the disaster at hand and what lessons were learned for the next event. In July 2019, after three eart...
Volume
25
Issue
1

Vary your fire drills because surveyors will be checking

December 20, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety
Vary the start time of your quarterly fire drills by at least an hour on each shift because surveyors will be checking. And beware of establishing a pattern of scheduling drills because both The Jo...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
15
Issue
12

It’s not like they’re going to stop looking over shoulders…

December 13, 2021
Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As we close in on the second anniversary of when everything went (more) sideways (than usual), all things COVID seem to be heating up for the holidays...
Volume
25
Issue
1

Smoke barriers, blocked fire extinguishers continue to be problematic

December 20, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety
Develop a protocol for any above-ceiling work, schedule weekly inspections of eyewash stations, and ensure that fire extinguishers are not blocked. Those actions might steer you clear of common def...
Healthcare Safety Leader
- Volume
30
Issue
1

All hazards planning: What to do when the earth shakes and water fails

December 20, 2025
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures
A key element of an emergency preparedness plan is assessing how the staff and facility handled the disaster at hand and what lessons were learned for the next event. In July 2019, after three eart...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
15
Issue
12

Going nowhere fast…nothing like the sun

December 07, 2021
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I received an interesting question this week regarding whether or not there was a need for UV protection in a supply room with windows (for the purpos...
Healthcare Safety Leader
- Volume
29
Issue
12

Healthcare Safety Leader, December 2021

December 20, 2025
Environment and Facilities
Subscribers, download this month's full newsletter Not a subscriber yet? Sign up for a Basic of Platinum membership to gain access to all Patient Safety Monitor Journal, Inside Accreditation &amp...
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24
Issue
12

Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, December 2021

December 20, 2025
Environment and Facilities
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