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Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
17
Issue
10

Mac's Safety Space: HVAC operations—Better breathing ahead?

December 13, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment
Well (at least up here in the Northeast), it appears that the cooling season is rapidly changing over to the heating season and, (so it would seem) the advocacy season is heating up as well. Late l...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
17
Issue
39

Reducing healthcare carbon emissions: Using the AHRQ & IHI Primer on climate change at your clinic

December 13, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Health Equity
The idea of tackling climate change can seem immense, particularly for an already overworked healthcare staff, but breaking down sources of healthcare greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and setting reason...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
24
Issue
9

Greenhouse gas emissions: The carbon is coming from inside the hospital

December 13, 2025
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Health Equity
The American healthcare sector produces an estimated 8.5% of the country’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and accounts for 25% of global health sector emissions—the highest proportion attributab...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
17
Issue
9

Mac’s Safety Space: Egress and the art of mobility

September 25, 2023
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety
Thoughts on the introduction of technology as a function of mobile units (CT, PET MRI, etc.) and how those arrangements might come into play as a function of fire response plans, egress and any other ...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
24
Issue
9

Climate change hurts healthcare; healthcare hurts climate change

December 13, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Health Equity
The research is definitive—climate change poses a threat to patients, providers, and healthcare organizations alike ...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
17
Issue
9

Mac’s Safety Space: When you can’t swat back

September 18, 2023
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety
Here are some things you can do to make it as difficult as possible for someone to “swat” your organization. ...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
17
Issue
36

CDC offers hurricane safety tips

December 13, 2025
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Workplace safety
In the wake of Tropical Storm Hilary in California and Hurricane Idalia in the Gulf Coast, make sure that your patients and staff know how to stay safe after a major storm or flooding. The CDC has put...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
17
Issue
36

Healthcare industry group predicts patient care disruptions due to EPA regulations

December 13, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Patient Safety
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) predicts “significant” patient care “disruptions” will result from the EPA’s proposed regulations to slash ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions by 80%, accordin...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
17
Issue
9

Mac’s Safety Space: Managing aggressive behavior—some next steps to consider

September 04, 2023
Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety
Among the many unique challenges to healthcare safety and security folks, the management of aggressive behavior and workplace violence probably stands a little more prominently in the hierarchy. ...
Healthcare Safety Leader
- Volume
31
Issue
8

Looking ahead: Choosing the right tools for snow removal

August 29, 2023
Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety
Ahead of winter, ensure you have the proper equipment for snow removal, especially if your facility is in an area of the country that sees a lot of the white stuff. ...

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