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You’ve got to get in to get out: New safety adventures in ambulatory care

October 28, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Hoping that this is more treat than trick, I had cause (albeit minimal) to reflect on what I see as a reasonably significant increase in EC findings b...

Mac's Safety Space

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Who remembers pop-o-matic Trouble?

October 21, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant In something of a variation on another bloggy evergreen, I ask the rhetorical question: To what, if any, extent have you included consideration of bo...

Mac's Safety Space

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Sticker shock: Compliance your way (not someone else’s)!

October 14, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Cybersecurity & Technology

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As we continue our October re-visitation of some of your more evergreen topics and I was thinking that I had covered this particular topic recently, b...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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TJC, other AOs told to step up on finding EoC, LSC violations

December 29, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Expect CMS to continue its crackdown on The Joint Commission (TJC), HFAP, and other accrediting organizations (AO) for fire safety and physical environment oversight. ...

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Crying my eyes out: The never-ending story of emergency eyewash equipment!

October 07, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Workplace safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant October seems to be shaping up into a “greatest hits” kind of month as we once again dig back into the closet of perennial findings—this week finds us...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Infection control is front and center at annual TJC session

December 29, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

Infection control dominated the day’s presentations, which also looked at expectations for sterile compounding, Legionella control, using personal protective equipment, medication management, lowering...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Patient Safety Monitor Journal, October 2019

October 01, 2019

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

Subscribers, download this month's full PSMJ newsletter ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, October 2019

October 01, 2019

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Subscribers, download this month's full IAQ newsletter ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Wanna buy a watch? How about a patient watch?

September 30, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant It’s been a while (OK, more than a while: It would seem it’s been something more than a decade. My, how time flies!) since we’ve discussed the matter ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Get ready to measure for accurate square footage — BBI is now required

December 29, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Get ready, folks: BBI is back! ...

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You’ve got to get in to get out: New safety adventures in ambulatory care

Who remembers pop-o-matic Trouble?

Sticker shock: Compliance your way (not someone else’s)!

TJC, other AOs told to step up on finding EoC, LSC violations

Crying my eyes out: The never-ending story of emergency eyewash equipment!

Infection control is front and center at annual TJC session

Patient Safety Monitor Journal, October 2019

Inside Accreditation and Quality, October 2019

Wanna buy a watch? How about a patient watch?

Get ready to measure for accurate square footage — BBI is now required

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