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Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
24
Issue
5

Antimicrobial resistance: A danger that crosses borders and species

December 13, 2025
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment, Infection Control, Quality & Errors
No single healthcare facility will beat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) alone—nor will one industry, field, or even country. To prevent a world where AMR infections become the norm requires cooperation...
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
- Volume
17
Issue
20

Focusing on hand hygiene to prevent HAIs

December 13, 2025
Physical environment, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Workplace safety
Five medical organizations have teamed up to recommend best practices for hand hygiene in healthcare settings to protect patients and providers from infection. In particular, the recommendations focus...
Medical Environment Update
- Volume
33
Issue
5

Lab safety: Totally tubular

December 13, 2025
Physical environment, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety
If you’ve ever ridden a roller coaster, you have some idea about what specimens go through when being transported via a pneumatic tube system (PTS). They, too, experience twists and turns, shaking, an...
Medical Environment Update
- Volume
33
Issue
5

Q&A: Labeling materials in the laboratory setting

December 13, 2025
Physical environment, Laboratory Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety, Quality & Errors
The wrong label on the wrong container in the laboratory can be dangerous, even lethal. Given the wide variety of chemicals, biologicals, combustibles, and other materials the laboratory worker uses e...
Medical Environment Update
- Volume
33
Issue
4

Review local requirements for medical gas testing

December 13, 2025
Physical environment, Laboratory Safety, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety
Be sure you understand the requirements of your state or local fire authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) when evaluating the annual testing of your hospital’s medical gas program. ...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
17
Issue
4

Mac’s Safety Space: The most frequently cited standards…

April 24, 2023
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment
We can finally close the book, so to speak, on survey year 2022 and, in so doing, ponder the forces that come into play to increase the degree(s) of difficulty when it comes to compliance. And, in cas...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
17
Issue
4

Mac’s Safety Space: Active safety culture

April 10, 2023
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Patient Safety, Workplace safety
In the absence of embracing of a culture of safety throughout all levels of any organization, the folks who manage the physical environment would seem to be at something of a disadvantage. ...
Patient Safety Monitor Journal
- Volume
24
Issue
3

Staff safety: Hierarchy of controls

December 13, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Policies and Procedures, Healthcare Staff, Workplace safety
How do you remove harms and dangers from your medical environment? Safety officials have studied this question for years and found many innovative solutions to various issues. But when deciding what a...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
17
Issue
3

Mac’s Safety Space: Fires and construction—doing a good job even better

March 27, 2023
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Physical environment
While it is certainly the case that healthcare is doing a good job in managing the risks of fire during construction, there still appears to be an opportunity for improvement, small thought it may be....
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
17
Issue
3

Mac's Safety Space: The importance of advocacy in modern healthcare facilities management

March 20, 2023
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment
What’s it all about…ASHE? ...

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