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Coronavirus: 3 Steps for Reopening Ambulatory Surgery Centers

December 24, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control

By Christopher Cheney Safety, managing surgery backlogs, and telemedicine are key elements of reopening ambulatory surgery centers during the coronavirus pandemic, an ASC chief medical officer says...

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Probably not the final word on outpatient clinic settings

June 29, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Sometimes I have a difficult time finding a unifying “thread” for the weekly chronicle and other times the way forward is fairly clear. This week may ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Study: Using Bed Barriers Cuts Down on C. diff

December 24, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

A new study has achieved a reduction in Clostridium difficile (C. diff), a bacterial infection of the gastrointestinal system that affects up to 500,000 people annually in hospitals. The study, con...

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And it makes me wonder…sure does!

June 23, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant And it’s not just a bustle in your hedgerow, so alarm might be warranted… Lately, I’ve been using this space to muse on the potential for changes t...

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We advance, masked!

June 15, 2020

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant In the topsy turvy world of Personal Protective Equipment (aka PPE), there are some developments on the decontamination/reprocessing of masks that I w...

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A little mo’ from the Mighty O (ccupational Safety & Health Administration)

June 08, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As they are wont to do, the folks at OSHA periodically issue safety alerts and it would seem that the ongoing challenges of managing the ongoing occup...

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They’re baaaack: TJC returns to the fray!

June 01, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Last week, our friends in Chicago announced that they will be resuming the survey grind in June (in all candor, I too will be heading out on the highw...

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Possibly making the impossible, possible…

May 26, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As I look back over the years, particularly my time as a consultant, I continue to be fascinated by requests to safety/facility professionals to (chan...

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The trouble with normal: Some things to consider as we ease back into recovery

May 19, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I think we can all agree that there are a lot of stressors in motion as we navigate the unknowns of the pandemic; some of which one might not normally...

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COVID-19: EPA releases list of registered disinfectants

December 24, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety

The EPA has released a list of 82 registered disinfectant products that have been qualified for use against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the novel coronavirus that cau...

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Coronavirus: 3 Steps for Reopening Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Probably not the final word on outpatient clinic settings

Study: Using Bed Barriers Cuts Down on C. diff

And it makes me wonder…sure does!

We advance, masked!

A little mo’ from the Mighty O (ccupational Safety & Health Administration)

They’re baaaack: TJC returns to the fray!

Possibly making the impossible, possible…

The trouble with normal: Some things to consider as we ease back into recovery

COVID-19: EPA releases list of registered disinfectants

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