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Waiting room safety: Infection, furniture, and power outlets

April 14, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

A patient walks into your waiting room with a cough, a mild fever, and shortness of breath. Your waiting room is crowded, so she sits down next to other visitors. She left her phone in the car, so she...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Continue to secure supplies as long as national crisis evolves

February 17, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Workplace safety

Keeping supplies in-house may continue to be a security problem as long as COVID-19 grips the nation. Not only are hospitals grappling with trying to find N95 medical masks and other personal prote...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CMS suspends restrictions on care venues as providers tackle COVID-19 surges

February 17, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Cybersecurity & Technology

The sweeping "Hospitals Without Walls" initiative take effect immediately and allows hospitals to bill Medicare for services in unconventional settings. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Feeling pretty psyched: Some good news to share!

April 06, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant In full recognition that the longer the COVID-19 condition persists, the crazier it gets to folks on the front lines, so my intent is to (try—we’ll se...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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COVID-19: Hospitals should consider CoP carefully before deciding on DNR policy

February 17, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Infection Control, Workplace safety

As the nation grapples with the 2019 novel coronavirus, clinicians and others in facilities have discussed whether to implement blanket “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR) orders for COVID-19 patients, accordi...

Mac's Safety Space

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Rock on: Where do we go from here?

March 31, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant It would seem that the subtext to all we are experiencing/dealing with now is how long we can anticipate this “siege” to last, and (as is typical of t...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Study: SARS-CoV-2 Can Live for 72 Hours on Plastic, Stainless Steel Surfaces

February 17, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can be detected for up to 72 hours on plastic and stainless steel surfaces, according to details of a new study published this week in the New England Journ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Two-thirds of all hospital beds are already occupied

February 17, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Infection Control

New report shows some states and counties lag far behind in the availability of hospital beds. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Time I had some time alone: How negative do we need to be?

March 24, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Just a quick couple of items this week. Don’t want to take you too far away from your primary focus! First up, I’ve been working with some folks fo...

Mac's Safety Space

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What a short, strange trip it’s been…

March 18, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I think we can safely say that 2020 has manifested itself in a lot of (vaguely unpleasant) ways, but this one has the potential for really shifting th...

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Waiting room safety: Infection, furniture, and power outlets

Continue to secure supplies as long as national crisis evolves

CMS suspends restrictions on care venues as providers tackle COVID-19 surges

Feeling pretty psyched: Some good news to share!

COVID-19: Hospitals should consider CoP carefully before deciding on DNR policy

Rock on: Where do we go from here?

Study: SARS-CoV-2 Can Live for 72 Hours on Plastic, Stainless Steel Surfaces

Two-thirds of all hospital beds are already occupied

Time I had some time alone: How negative do we need to be?

What a short, strange trip it’s been…

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