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I heard the bells! Or did I see three ships?

December 23, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Yet another mixed bag of festive goodies for you this week: I know you’ve all been good (our profession doesn’t really leave a lot of room for anythin...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CMS offers training on new electronic form for restraint-related deaths

February 16, 2026

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Workplace safety

As of January 1, CMS eliminated the paper version of the form to report patient deaths associated with restraint or seclusion. ...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Expect the next decade to focus on coping with new technology and old problems

December 10, 2019

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Leadership & Finance, Fire & Life Safety, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Behavioral & Mental Health, Workplace safety

Healthcare compliance changed quite a bit in the last decade. For one thing, fire safety moved into the current millennium with the adoption of the 2012 versions of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code® (LSC) an...

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Workplace Violence Legislation Moves Forward

February 16, 2026

Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

On Nov. 11, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve The Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Services Act of 2019. ...

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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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Half of surgery residents report harassment, bullying

November 05, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety

Half of general surgery residents reported experiencing workplace harassment at least a few times a year, with much of the mistreatment coming from patients and their families, and attending surgeons....

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Crying my eyes out: The never-ending story of emergency eyewash equipment!

October 07, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Workplace safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant October seems to be shaping up into a “greatest hits” kind of month as we once again dig back into the closet of perennial findings—this week finds us...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Inside Accreditation and Quality, October 2019

October 01, 2019

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

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Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Use of Tasers and other control weapons remains a debate in hospitals

February 16, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Carefully review whether you want to allow security officers to carry conducted-electrical weapons (CEW) such as Taser® devices on your facility grounds. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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An El Paso hospital trained for a mass shooting

February 16, 2026

Workplace safety

Then they got the real thing ...

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I heard the bells! Or did I see three ships?

CMS offers training on new electronic form for restraint-related deaths

Expect the next decade to focus on coping with new technology and old problems

Workplace Violence Legislation Moves Forward

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

Half of surgery residents report harassment, bullying

Crying my eyes out: The never-ending story of emergency eyewash equipment!

Inside Accreditation and Quality, October 2019

Use of Tasers and other control weapons remains a debate in hospitals

An El Paso hospital trained for a mass shooting

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