Articles in Mac's Safety Space - Volume 18 Issue 9

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 18, Issue 9

You might find this shocking: NFPA 99 and essential electrical systems

September 24, 2024
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Physical environment

Recently, I’ve seen some survey activity that prompts me to chat a little bit about essential electrical systems (EES) and to provide you with a source of information in that regard. The survey findings have related to the connection of inappropriate equipment to a branch of the EES or an...

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 18, Issue 9

Critical incident response—what happens when it’s all over?

September 17, 2024
Healthcare Staff, Workplace safety

My good friend and esteemed colleague, Robert Vance III, has been working in the hospital environment for a fair number of years now. In working with Bob at Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California, what has impressed me most is his thoughtful and measured approach to everything he...

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 18, Issue 9

The word of the day is resilience

September 9, 2024
Climate Change, Environment and Facilities, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Physical environment

One of the truisms of managing healthcare in current climes and times is the importance of creating environments that can withstand the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune (and we’ve certainly had more than our share of those). In looking back at the last five or so years, it is very clear...

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 18, Issue 9

What good is going the extra mile if you’re already at your destination?

September 3, 2024
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Physical environment

In the past, we’ve talked about the various advocacy groups working on behalf of healthcare facilities and safety professionals, and certainly, the most prominent among those groups are the good folks at the American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE). I don’t know how closely you follow...