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Healthcare Safety Leader
- Volume
30
Issue
3

Review documentation for WPV, water management as you prep for survey

December 18, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Workplace safety
Be sure that your leadership has signed off on workplace violence assessments and that water management plans are being acted upon as you prepare for your next survey with The Joint Commission. ...
Volume
25
Issue
2

Top healthcare security threats

December 18, 2025
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Physical environment, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Workplace safety
Healthcare security never sleeps. Literally—healthcare workers need around-the-clock surveillance, protection, and care from trusted security officials. And it isn’t just physical security and work...
Inside Accreditation & Quality
- Volume
4
Issue
1

TJC launches into 2022 with new EM standards, other changes

December 18, 2025
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Workplace safety
The Joint Commission (TJC) ended the year with a flurry of reminders about new and revised standards for 2022, many of which had either been announced before or were otherwise expected. They includ...
Volume
25
Issue
1

Tips for running successful fire drills

December 18, 2025
Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology
Someone’s always checking for compliance when it comes to fire safety, especially in healthcare facilities. Naturally, that includes several regulatory agencies: CMS, The Joint Commission (TJC), Depar...
Healthcare Safety Leader
- Volume
30
Issue
1

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

December 18, 2025
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...
Inside Accreditation & Quality
- Volume
4
Issue
1

Governing boards, physical environment among concerns CMS reports to Congress

December 18, 2025
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Physical environment
In 2022, CMS plans to restart its pilot project to improve validation surveys but is likely to continue pressure on accrediting organizations (AO) to be more vigilant in finding deficiencies in physic...
Volume
25
Issue
1

Report: Building a smarter healthcare facility

December 18, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Quality & Errors, Physical environment
There’s nothing simple about running a healthcare facility. With complex moving parts creating an operationally challenging environment, hospitals can’t afford to be inefficient or lag behind. How hea...
Volume
25
Issue
1

Smoke barriers, blocked fire extinguishers continue to be problematic

December 18, 2025
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Fire & Life Safety
Develop a protocol for any above-ceiling work, schedule weekly inspections of eyewash stations, and ensure that fire extinguishers are not blocked. Those actions might steer you clear of common def...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
15
Issue
12

Going nowhere fast…nothing like the sun

December 07, 2021
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant I received an interesting question this week regarding whether or not there was a need for UV protection in a supply room with windows (for the purpos...
Mac's Safety Space
- Volume
15
Issue
11

I think the people down the hall know who we are…

November 29, 2021
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Infection Control, Workplace safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As we start moving (in what is likely to be a sprint) towards the end of the year, a couple of items for your consideration. First up, in the Decem...

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