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Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
17
Issue
11

Mac’s Safety Space: Safety first: Managing surgical fire risks in the operating room

December 13, 2025
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Fire & Life Safety
In general, I think it can be rather instructive when (and to what degree) our friends in Chicago modify an existing Sentinel Event Alert, particularly one that relates to the management of risks in t...
Medical Environment Update
- Volume
33
Issue
10

Fall laboratory safety 2023

December 13, 2025
Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Fire & Life Safety
Summer is officially over, and the clocks will fall back an hour this upcoming weekend. It’s a time of transition as people bring out their fall clothes, enjoy spiced drinks, and ready themselves for ...
Healthcare Safety Leader
- Volume
31
Issue
10

It's always a good time to review your fire safety plans

October 23, 2023
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Fire & Life Safety
OSHA addresses fire safety under the General Industry Standards (29CFR1910). Facilities under construction should consult the edition of the of the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) Life Safety C...
Inside Accreditation & Quality
- Volume
5
Issue
10

Be Ready for the Unannounced Survey Process

October 30, 2023
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Fire & Life Safety, Physical environment
As the result of a CMS directive, unannounced surveys for organizations started in 2006. If you are undergoing a deemed status survey, your visit will be unannounced except in certain circumstances, s...
Healthcare Safety Leader
- Volume
31
Issue
10

Work with staff in patient care areas to find storage space that meets NFPA requirements

December 13, 2025
Fire & Life Safety
Finding extra storage space in a hospital is always a challenge. But staff should be reminded that using stairwells, the ends of corridors, unused patient rooms or bathrooms, and empty offices for sto...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
17
Issue
9

Mac’s Safety Space: Egress and the art of mobility

September 25, 2023
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety
Thoughts on the introduction of technology as a function of mobile units (CT, PET MRI, etc.) and how those arrangements might come into play as a function of fire response plans, egress and any other ...
Healthcare Safety Leader
- Volume
31
Issue
8

Book excerpt: Fire pump assemblies and visual inspections

August 22, 2023
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety
Your facility may or may not be required to have a fire pump. But if you have one as a life safety feature, the surveyor will perform an inspection. ...
Healthcare Safety Leader
- Volume
31
Issue
8

Survey readiness: Double check hand sanitizer policies and placement post-COVID

August 15, 2023
Environment and Facilities, Laboratory Safety, Fire & Life Safety
Before your next survey, remember to double check your hand sanitizer policies and placement for post-COVID requirements. ...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
17
Issue
8

Mac’s Safety Space: ASHE 2023 – San Antonio rose to the occasion

August 14, 2023
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Physical environment
Some thoughts and lessons learned from the 2023 ASHE Conference, held in San Antonio, Texas. ...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
17
Issue
7

Mac's Safety Space: Healthcare electrical fires – more to them than you might think

July 31, 2023
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety
There seems to be a recurring theme of electrical fires in hospitals this year. ...

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