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Survey readiness: TJC changes EP on spare sprinkler heads again

December 18, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Fire & Life Safety

Review your hospital’s inventory of different types of sprinkler heads, and then ensure you have at least six spare sprinkler heads for each type and temperature rating of those installed in your faci...

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Gimme a break…or a spare circuit breaker

December 18, 2025

Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant One of the more common findings (as it were) over the past few years has been the condition in which a circuit breaker is in the “on” position and it ...

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The roar of the ’20s continues: Optimism abounds!

December 18, 2025

Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I trust that you all were able to carve out some downtime over the holidays. While there was (seemingly) much less rushing around than normal, in many...

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Be afraid, be very afraid…but do it anyway!

November 30, 2020

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Something of a mixed bag this week: Basically a couple of brief items with some interpolative commentary. First off, in what is probably not really...

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Be sure to include life safety issues on winter checklist

December 18, 2025

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

With temperatures dropping and snow on the way in many states, hospitals and clinics need to create a checklist of winter safety items. We asked Brad Keyes, CHSP, owner of Keyes Life Safety Compliance...

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Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, keep those (fire) door-ies rollin’…

October 26, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Just because I am fascinated by all sorts of stuff (and I suspect that, since you’re still with me on this, you might be interested in all sorts of st...

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Fall protection in all seasons

September 29, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant This week’s missive is something more of a “bite” than the usual multi-course jabbering, but I think you may find this of interest. I’ve found t...

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If you’re the AHJ, it really isn’t an “interpretation,” is it?

August 31, 2020

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

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I’m sure we all have stories about Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) whose “sense” of what is required by code was less operationally friendly tha...

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Why does it happen? Because it happens…

August 25, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As to that thought/question (or question/thought), for those of you working through your utility systems risk assessments to ensure compliance with NF...

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FGI seeks public comment on 2022 update to Guidelines for Design and Construction

December 18, 2025

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

The Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) is asking for public comment through September on the 2022 update to the FGI Guidelines for Design and Construction, which “provide minimum standards for design...

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Survey readiness: TJC changes EP on spare sprinkler heads again

Gimme a break…or a spare circuit breaker

The roar of the ’20s continues: Optimism abounds!

Be afraid, be very afraid…but do it anyway!

Be sure to include life safety issues on winter checklist

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, keep those (fire) door-ies rollin’…

Fall protection in all seasons

If you’re the AHJ, it really isn’t an “interpretation,” is it?

Why does it happen? Because it happens…

FGI seeks public comment on 2022 update to Guidelines for Design and Construction

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