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Work with local healthcare coalitions to successfully manage mass casualty surge

December 27, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety

Build off any protocols you already have for handling extra-busy days at your emergency department (ED) to create a patient surge plan that can seamlessly expand as needed during a local disaster. ...

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On your marks, get set, sweat!

February 18, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant But hopefully not a Billy Idol kind of sweat… Our friends in Chicago are once again tweaking the survey process, with the result being less time fo...

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CDC: Focus on Protecting Staff and Supplies as Coronavirus Concerns Grow

December 27, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety

Concerns in the public may be contributing to a growing shortage of PPE and other supplies. ...

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I sit at my table and wage war on myself—and earn an OSHA citation!

February 10, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant While I have a sneaking suspicion that this Top 10 list doesn’t change a whole lot from year to year (other than position in the hierarchy), I thought...

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What we all want: If everything is priority one, then everything is priority none

February 03, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As our friends from Chicago appear to be embarking in earnest on their charge to be as unpredictable as possible (I know of one instance in which a tr...

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CMS offers training on new electronic form for restraint-related deaths

December 27, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

As of January 1, CMS eliminated the paper version of the form to report patient deaths associated with restraint or seclusion. Form CMS-10455 must now be filed through an electronic version. ...

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Use past experience with MERS, Ebola to prep for latest coronavirus

December 27, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Policies and Procedures

Dig out and update your plan for screening for MERS-CoV, Ebola, measles or any other infectious disease with the latest information on the newly identified 2019 Novel Coronavirus. ...

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Don’t get soaked by your water management program!

January 27, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I don’t know about you, but lately I’ve been finding the most interesting stuff being published in Perspectives are the articles entitled “Consistent ...

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You might find this week’s post somewhat shocking!

January 23, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant One of the survey findings that I’ve noted as trending towards a standard “gotcha” (primarily during state surveys) relates to the topic of arc flash ...

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Target Long-Term Emergency Room Frequent Users to Curb Visits and Cut Costs

December 27, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

ED frequent users make up about 4.5% to 8% of the ED patient population nationwide but account for 21% to 28% of all ED visits. ...

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Work with local healthcare coalitions to successfully manage mass casualty surge

On your marks, get set, sweat!

CDC: Focus on Protecting Staff and Supplies as Coronavirus Concerns Grow

I sit at my table and wage war on myself—and earn an OSHA citation!

What we all want: If everything is priority one, then everything is priority none

CMS offers training on new electronic form for restraint-related deaths

Use past experience with MERS, Ebola to prep for latest coronavirus

Don’t get soaked by your water management program!

You might find this week’s post somewhat shocking!

Target Long-Term Emergency Room Frequent Users to Curb Visits and Cut Costs

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