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Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
17
Issue
10

Mac's Safety Space: HVAC operations—Better breathing ahead?

December 13, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment
Well (at least up here in the Northeast), it appears that the cooling season is rapidly changing over to the heating season and, (so it would seem) the advocacy season is heating up as well. Late l...
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...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
17
Issue
36

Healthcare industry group predicts patient care disruptions due to EPA regulations

December 13, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Patient Safety
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) predicts “significant” patient care “disruptions” will result from the EPA’s proposed regulations to slash ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions by 80%, accordin...
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: Fables of the preconstruction risk assessment

July 24, 2023
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment
Now that all is (presumably) moving towards whatever normalcy is going to be within our grasp, I wanted to loop back on what could be a critical process as we start to build into the future: The preco...

Chapter 1: Understanding The Joint Commission Survey Process

Thu, 07/13/2023 - 12:00 - - Accreditation & Survey Preparation
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
24
Issue
7

Check hand sanitizer compliance now that COVID-19 PHE waivers have ended

December 13, 2025
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment, Infection Control, Patient Safety
“Folks ended up installing additional dispensers wherever they felt the need—some of which made sense, some of which, not so much—and had as much on hand as they could get ahold of. Lots of folks ende...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
17
Issue
6

Mac’s Safety Space: To be or not to be—that is the risk assessment!

June 26, 2023
Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health, Physical environment
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant A couple of fairly short (and somewhat disparate, but the risk assessment process can figure in both) items this week: one a question/thought relating...
Medical Environment Update
- Volume
33
Issue
6

Part 1: Heidi Raines on sustaining a culture of safety

December 13, 2025
Physical environment, Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors, Healthcare Staff, Workplace safety
Creating and sustaining a culture of safety has been a challenge for many healthcare organizations, but the objective value in having one can’t be overstated. Organizations like the Institute for Heal...
Medical Environment Update
- Volume
33
Issue
5

Hazardous material storage in the laboratory

December 13, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety
You can have clutter in your bedroom, your car, or your home closet, but you can’t have it in your laboratory. Hazardous chemicals can’t be stored above eye level, boxes can’t block exits, combustible...

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