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Like water for opportunistic organisms: Protecting patients through utility systems

July 30, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As a wise individual once noted, “water always wins” (at risk of betraying my nerd status, you can find the entire quote here), and it seems like wate...

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People get ready: There’s a (survey) train a-coming!

July 23, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant When it comes right down to it, I think it is nigh on impossible to have access to too many resources or, indeed, to have access to too many perspecti...

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In the realm of possibility: More listening, less posturing!

July 16, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant An interesting anomaly that I encounter periodically is the time-honored “first opinion,” particularly when it exists outside of a second opinion. All...

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Update: Defunct Links to/in the FAQ-niverse!

July 11, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Greetings, fellow travelers! With special thanks to Claire Rebouche for bringing this to my attention, it appears that the links to the new ligatur...

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Déjà vu all over again: A new ligature resistant FAQ!

July 09, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Using the Hospital FAQ page as the baseline, I reckon we’ve got about a dozen FAQs dealing with ligature resistance with this latest offering. For som...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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2019 quality review highlights common problems with ligature risk, IC, fire safety

December 29, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Fire & Life Safety, Quality & Errors, Behavioral & Mental Health

Ligature risk, building safety problems, and infection control were among the top problems identified by Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) surveyors last year, according to the recent...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Book excerpt: Leadership must provide resources to meet USP <800> deadline

December 29, 2025

Environment and Facilities, Quality & Errors

The deadline is fast approaching for compliance to USP General Chapter <800>: Hazardous Drugs—Handling in Healthcare Settings. Remind your hospital leadership that they are likely to face survey...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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New TJC building and antibiotics requirements for 2020

December 29, 2025

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

Two new requirements from The Joint Commission (TJC) for the Life Safety and Medication Management chapters go into effect January 1, 2020. ...

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One size fits all…or one size fits none

June 25, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant In a world in which the economies of scale don’t always economize, I keep running into situations and/or conditions that result from trying to make so...

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Don’t Call It A Comeback: The Statement of Conditions breathes again!

June 25, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Not a whole lot going on in the July 2019 issue of Perspectives, but it appears that a little more consideration will need to be paid to the Statement...

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Like water for opportunistic organisms: Protecting patients through utility systems

People get ready: There’s a (survey) train a-coming!

In the realm of possibility: More listening, less posturing!

Update: Defunct Links to/in the FAQ-niverse!

Déjà vu all over again: A new ligature resistant FAQ!

2019 quality review highlights common problems with ligature risk, IC, fire safety

Book excerpt: Leadership must provide resources to meet USP <800> deadline

New TJC building and antibiotics requirements for 2020

One size fits all…or one size fits none

Don’t Call It A Comeback: The Statement of Conditions breathes again!

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