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How will you flush your toilets if you lose water for an extended period?

October 10, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Infection Control

Plan now for how you are going to flush toilets if you lose water for several hours or even days, or you might find yourself and your staff having to deal with toilet paper disposal by hand. During...

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Healthcare Safety Leader, January 2022

October 10, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures

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Answer to last issue’s hospital safety forensics photo question

October 10, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters

In the last Healthcare Safety Leader, we noted the caustic chemicals found in the basement of a hospital by Ernest E. Allen, ARM, CSP, CPHRM, CHFM, a former life safety surveyor and now Life Safety co...

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Vary your fire drills because surveyors will be checking

October 10, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Fire & Life Safety

Vary the start time of your quarterly fire drills by at least an hour on each shift because surveyors will be checking. And beware of establishing a pattern of scheduling drills because both The Jo...

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Recovery: Lessons and observations after earthquakes

October 10, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities

A key element of an emergency preparedness plan is assessing how the staff and facility handled the disaster at hand and what lessons were learned for the next event. In July 2019, after three eart...

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All hazards planning: What to do when the earth shakes and water fails

October 10, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures

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Healthcare Safety Leader - October 2021

October 10, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

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Healthcare Safety Leader - September 2021

October 10, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

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Healthcare Safety Leader - August 2021

October 10, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

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Healthcare Safety Leader - July 2021

October 10, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Leadership & Finance, Workplace safety

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How will you flush your toilets if you lose water for an extended period?

Healthcare Safety Leader, January 2022

Answer to last issue’s hospital safety forensics photo question

Vary your fire drills because surveyors will be checking

Recovery: Lessons and observations after earthquakes

All hazards planning: What to do when the earth shakes and water fails

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