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What’s that smell?

November 21, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety

The other day, I fielded a question regarding the use of plug-in air fresheners and what regulatory-based prohibitions/allowances might be entertained in determining how best to manage these devices a...

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I’d like to reassure you, but I’m not that kind of guy

November 14, 2022

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant While I try not to belabor any particular thought or consideration, sometimes what I write about each week is a function of what I’ve encountered (rea...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Environment of care: TJC Executive Briefing overview looks at common problems

October 25, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment

The Joint Commission is training a lot of new Life Safety surveyors as it tries to catch up with the backlog and limit split surveys in which clinical surveyors may show up weeks before their LS colle...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Executive Briefing: Don’t just repair damage, ask why it happened

October 04, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety

TJC is increasing its number of LS surveyors and they are all being trained that nothing can hang from or even touch sprinkler pipes unless it is part of the fire suppression system itself, warned Her...

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The fight between the blue you once knew…

October 03, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

In an interesting dichotomy that can only truly exist in bureaucracies of a certain magnitude (enormity?) we have the announcement of the newest iteration of the Standards Improvement Initiative (whic...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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TJC tweaks EC and LS standards, adds specifics to some requirements

September 23, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety

Review your Environment of Care (EC) and Life Safety (LS) policies and procedures now that The Joint Commission has issued another round of revisions, prepublished September 21 with an effective date ...

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There may not be any frost on the pumpkin yet…

September 26, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Physical environment

As the Fall colors start to manifest itself and the scary folk prepare for their time in the moonlight, it’s also a good time to remind folks about Fire Prevention Week (October 9 -15). ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Q&A: Hurricane preparation in 2022

December 14, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Physical environment

It’s hurricane season, and the time to prepare was yesterday. As climate change increases the strength and frequency of hurricanes and storms, hospitals and healthcare facilities in hurricane-prone ar...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Surgical fire and IC risks, and EC problems highlighted on survey

September 13, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Infection Control, Fire & Life Safety

Check your eyewash stations, verify air pressure relationships, ensure exit signs are functioning, review surgical instruments for proper sterilization, ensure food temperatures are within range, and ...

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Unauthorized field modifications – what you don’t know can hurt you

September 12, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I have an absolutely clear understanding that there are very few (OK, very, very, very few) healthcare facilities for which there is enough space for ...

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What’s that smell?

I’d like to reassure you, but I’m not that kind of guy

Environment of care: TJC Executive Briefing overview looks at common problems

Executive Briefing: Don’t just repair damage, ask why it happened

The fight between the blue you once knew…

TJC tweaks EC and LS standards, adds specifics to some requirements

There may not be any frost on the pumpkin yet…

Q&A: Hurricane preparation in 2022

Surgical fire and IC risks, and EC problems highlighted on survey

Unauthorized field modifications – what you don’t know can hurt you

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