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Healthcare Safety Leader - Volume 31, Issue 2

Survey preparation: TJC updates standards again, PHE remains active (for now), OSHA reports

February 21, 2023
Accreditation, COVID-19, Emergency Management, Joint Commission

TJC finishes first round of standards review; PHE continues through May 11

Healthcare Safety Leader - Volume 31, Issue 2

Contractor hurt on the job? OSHA may investigate your facility

February 13, 2023
Environment and Facilities, OSHA, Worker Safety

OSHA inspectors were among those who responded to the site to conduct an investigation when a worker died after falling several stories from the roof of a...

Healthcare Safety Leader - Volume 31, Issue 2

ACHC surveyor findings: Samples of physical environment deficiencies, tips for compliance

February 6, 2023
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Survey Preparation

Here are some samples of physical environment and life safety deficiency findings found at acute care hospitals surveyed by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) from June 1, 2021, to May 31, 2022.

Healthcare Safety Leader - Volume 31, Issue 2

ACHC hospitals: Facilities managers stretched thin as physical environment deficiencies grow

February 6, 2023
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Survey Preparation

More than 40% of ACHC hospitals were cited for eight of the top nine most frequently listed physical environment deficiencies.

Healthcare Safety Leader - Volume 31, Issue 1

OSHA adds ‘instance-by-instance’ citation policy

January 30, 2023
OSHA

OSHA has issued new enforcement guidance, allowing “instance-by-instance” citations for “high-gravity” serious violations of...

Healthcare Safety Leader - Volume 31, Issue 1

Departmental Workplace Violence Assessment (courtesy Bryan Warren)

January 30, 2023
Environment and Facilities, Workplace Violence

(Departmental workplace violence risk assessment courtesy of Bryan Warren, president and chief consultant for WarSec Security; for more information on this tool, go...

Healthcare Safety Leader - Volume 31, Issue 1

Tips on life safety and environment of care from experienced professionals

January 24, 2023
Accreditation, Environment and Facilities, Survey Preparation

The last 12 months have seen a lot of changes in hospital life safety and environment of care. Here are some compliance tips healthcare facility managers have shared to make survey preparation easier.

Healthcare Safety Leader - Volume 31, Issue 1

Healthcare security: Observations about the future of the industry

January 16, 2023
Environment and Facilities, Security

Two of the top problems facing healthcare security now are hiring qualified officers and ensuring sufficient training in de-escalation skills, says William S. Marcisz, JD, CPP, CHPA, president and chief consultant for Orlando, Florida–based Strategic Security Management...

Healthcare Safety Leader - Volume 31, Issue 1

Use these work tools to assess your workplace violence prevention plan

January 9, 2023
Accreditation, Environment and Facilities, Workplace Violence

CMS is pushing hospitals and other healthcare organizations to ramp up their workplace violence prevention (WPV) plans even as The...

Healthcare Safety Leader - Volume 30, Issue 12

Keyes offers workshops on emergency preparedness, fire safety compliance

January 4, 2023
Survey Preparation
by A.J. Plunkett (aplunkett@decisionhealth.com)

Brad Keyes, CHSP, a Life Safety Code® expert and longtime contributor to Healthcare Safety Leader, Healthcare Life Safety Compliance and other HCPro...

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