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See when states will face hospital bed capacity shortages during the COVID-19 outbreak

December 26, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

The earliest ICU bed shortages are likely to emerge at the end of March, according to a new analysis. ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Logic doesn’t always prevail…a luxury you can’t afford!

March 17, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant By my observations over time, I’ve found that, all-too-often, logic finishes a distant third behind self-interest (which sometimes manifests itself as...

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Experts: COVID-19 is ‘Approaching Pandemic’

December 26, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety

A group of U.S. healthcare experts on Friday stressed the importance of taking an all-hazards approach to responding to the situation ...

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BREAKING: (COVID-19) CMS says primary survey focus will be on infection control preparedness

December 26, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

CMS ordered its state and regional surveyors to suspend “non-emergency inspections across the country” to allow “inspectors to turn their focus on the most serious health and safety threats like infec...

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If this isn’t a holdup, why are so many people wearing masks?

March 09, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I suspect this is as much a confluence of any number of (seemingly/probably) unrelated elements, including a presidential election year in a certain N...

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Burning with optimism’s flame: A future state in which surveys are less frightening…

March 03, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As you are all no doubt familiar at this point, one of the key management processes promulgated by (or is it through?) the 2012 edition of NFPA 99 Hea...

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Prepare now for COVID-19 to be around awhile

December 26, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

Health experts are warning providers that COVID-19 might be a long-term problem. Whether it’s contained in the U.S. to only a few dozen cases or becomes the pandemic others warn about, hospitals and o...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Five myths about spring safety

December 26, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures

As we enter March, some parts of the U.S. will be feeling their first taste of warm weather. It’s tempting to take the climbing temperatures for granted and relax your safety and security steps. ...

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Identifying issues and finding solutions…

February 24, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant …versus identifying issues and pointing fingers. I think we can all agree that (at least for the moment) our friends in the regulatory survey servi...

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Incident command hospital offers tips on handling patient surge

December 26, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety

As mass casualty events go, the 75-vehicle pileup on the Sunday before Christmas on an interstate in southeastern Virginia could have been much worse. ...

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See when states will face hospital bed capacity shortages during the COVID-19 outbreak

Logic doesn’t always prevail…a luxury you can’t afford!

Experts: COVID-19 is ‘Approaching Pandemic’

BREAKING: (COVID-19) CMS says primary survey focus will be on infection control preparedness

If this isn’t a holdup, why are so many people wearing masks?

Burning with optimism’s flame: A future state in which surveys are less frightening…

Prepare now for COVID-19 to be around awhile

Five myths about spring safety

Identifying issues and finding solutions…

Incident command hospital offers tips on handling patient surge

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