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Probably not the final word on outpatient clinic settings

June 29, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Sometimes I have a difficult time finding a unifying “thread” for the weekly chronicle and other times the way forward is fairly clear. This week may ...

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Burning with optimism’s flame: A future state in which surveys are less frightening…

March 03, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As you are all no doubt familiar at this point, one of the key management processes promulgated by (or is it through?) the 2012 edition of NFPA 99 Hea...

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Identifying issues and finding solutions…

February 24, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant …versus identifying issues and pointing fingers. I think we can all agree that (at least for the moment) our friends in the regulatory survey servi...

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Don’t get soaked by your water management program!

January 27, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I don’t know about you, but lately I’ve been finding the most interesting stuff being published in Perspectives are the articles entitled “Consistent ...

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You might find this week’s post somewhat shocking!

January 23, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant One of the survey findings that I’ve noted as trending towards a standard “gotcha” (primarily during state surveys) relates to the topic of arc flash ...

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The place of working dangerously: The importance of kitchen safety

January 14, 2020

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Recently, I fielded a question regarding fire response plans for food services and got me to thinking about the importance (and challenges) of good sa...

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Do you still BBI? Also, how do you spell survey finding?

December 10, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Cybersecurity & Technology

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant N-O-I-N-V-E-N-T-O-R-Y While I am not convinced it every truly went away, next month marks the official return of one of the most (in)famous acronym...

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It appears that everything isn’t meant to be OK…

December 03, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Workplace safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant You may recall a few weeks back we were discussing some recent survey findings relative to the placement of eyewash stations once one has determined t...

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Ready, Set, ICRA!

November 11, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant One of the more frequently recurring questions/concerns/vulnerabilities in my travels relates to when it is appropriate to do a (and I will use this t...

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You’ve got to get in to get out: New safety adventures in ambulatory care

October 28, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Hoping that this is more treat than trick, I had cause (albeit minimal) to reflect on what I see as a reasonably significant increase in EC findings b...

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Probably not the final word on outpatient clinic settings

Burning with optimism’s flame: A future state in which surveys are less frightening…

Identifying issues and finding solutions…

Don’t get soaked by your water management program!

You might find this week’s post somewhat shocking!

The place of working dangerously: The importance of kitchen safety

Do you still BBI? Also, how do you spell survey finding?

It appears that everything isn’t meant to be OK…

Ready, Set, ICRA!

You’ve got to get in to get out: New safety adventures in ambulatory care

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