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Ensuring compliance with hazard vulnerability assessments, PPE requirements, others

December 15, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Fire & Life Safety

S. Caleb Thomas, MS, CHSP, CHOP, healthcare safety specialist in environmental health and safety for the Oregon Health and Science University healthcare organization, is passionate about environment o...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Life safety forensics: What’s wrong with this picture?

May 10, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

This photograph of a door to a fire exit was taken in a medical building. Those signs are the only signage for this door. Can you tell what’s wrong with this picture? ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Exploring virtual reality for fire safety training

April 26, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Fire drills are required by the Life Safety Code® and serve as part of any strong fire safety training program. And virtual reality (VR) is popping up on the radar of healthcare facilities as a viabl...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Survey prep: Check documents on surgical, hyperbaric suite fire safety

April 19, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Fire & Life Safety

New elements of performance mean that surveyors will be taking a closer look at the fire safety n hospital surgical and hyperbaric suites. ...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Look for increased review of surgical, hyperbaric suite fire safety

April 12, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Expect surveyors to take a closer look at the fire safety precautions in hospital surgical and hyperbaric suites, especially once new elements of performance (EP) from The Joint Commission (TJC) go in...

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Q&A with Scott Wytosick, life safety coordinator for Akron Children’s Hospital

December 15, 2025

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

In February, Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Congressman Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) introduced the Protecting and Enhancing Public Access to Codes Act (Pro Codes Act), which would safeguard public ac...

Mac's Safety Space

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Striking compliance gold – but first, you gotta drill…

March 28, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I promise that this one will be on the briefer side of things, but sometimes a straightforward approach can work out pretty well. As part of a gene...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Ask the Expert: Do you need to do fire extinguisher training in surgical or kitchen areas?

February 15, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Q: Do we need to do fire extinguisher training in surgery, the kitchen, and MRI? ...

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Ask the Expert: Fire safety with patient laundries

January 18, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Healthcare Safety Leader asked Brad Keyes, CHSP, owner of Keyes Life Safety Compliance and a consultant and expert on the Life Safety Code®, for tips about safety and compliance with washing machines ...

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Put healthcare life safety compliance training and education front and center

December 15, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Fire & Life Safety

Training and education in any professional role can help individuals improve their skills and learning competencies. Training and education opportunities, however, often get sidelined by day-to-day du...

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Ensuring compliance with hazard vulnerability assessments, PPE requirements, others

Life safety forensics: What’s wrong with this picture?

Exploring virtual reality for fire safety training

Survey prep: Check documents on surgical, hyperbaric suite fire safety

Look for increased review of surgical, hyperbaric suite fire safety

Q&A with Scott Wytosick, life safety coordinator for Akron Children’s Hospital

Striking compliance gold – but first, you gotta drill…

Ask the Expert: Do you need to do fire extinguisher training in surgical or kitchen areas?

Ask the Expert: Fire safety with patient laundries

Put healthcare life safety compliance training and education front and center

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