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Mac's Safety Space - Volume 17, Issue 2

Mac's Safety Space: Who knows where the time goes?

February 12, 2023
Accreditation, Construction, Environment and Facilities, Suicide Prevention

Originally, I had planned this for sometime in January, but suddenly I find myself on the cusp of February and the “packing up the decorations” conversation is way past due.

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

OSHA proceeding with healthcare rulemakings

January 10, 2023
Construction, COVID-19, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Life Safety, OSHA, Worker Safety, Workplace Violence

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will proceed with three rulemakings focused on the healthcare industry—standards for COVID-19, infectious diseases, and workplace violence—the Department of Labor (DOL) announced as part of the fall 2022 unified regulatory agenda ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

USC launches new health systems management engineering program

August 23, 2022
Construction, Environment and Facilities, Environment of Care, Life Safety

The University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering, in conjunction with the Keck School of Medicine at USC, and the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, has launched the first master of science in ...

Healthcare Safety Leader - Volume 30, Issue 6

Use updated ICRA tool now to assess infection control on construction projects

June 28, 2022
Construction, Environment and Facilities, Environment of Care, Infection Control

The updated infection control risk assessment (ICRA) tool for construction, renovation, and operations might be longer, but it is more user-friendly and eliminates some of the guesswork from the old version, say consultants and users in the field.

Healthcare Life Safety Compliance - Volume 25, Issue 5

Hot topics for facility directors, staying on top of document management, more

May 17, 2022
Construction, Environment and Facilities, Environment of Care

Lance Woolf, MBA, CHSP, former life safety surveyor for The Joint Commission, knows what’s top of mind for those charged with healthcare facilities management. Woolf currently is the director of life safety compliance at facilities compliance solutions provider Soleran, located...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

ASHE revamps construction ICRA to make it more specific, user friendly

May 3, 2022
Construction, Environment and Facilities, Environment of Care, Infection Control

The infection control risk assessment (ICRA) for construction and renovation projects is updated to make it more user friendly and specific.

Healthcare Safety Leader - Volume 30, Issue 5

Remember security concerns when planning construction projects

May 3, 2022
Construction, Environment and Facilities, Security

Hospital projects have slowed throughout the pandemic as construction supplies and worker shortages, along with infection control mandates, have hindered progress nationwide. As the pandemic begins to wane and projects pick up speed, Healthcare Safety Leader went to experts to ask about...

Healthcare Safety Leader - Volume 30, Issue 4

Stay on top of hospital construction with attention to compliance details

April 5, 2022
Construction, Environment and Facilities

When building a new hospital, get involved early in the design, appoint someone with a thorough background in NFPA and other building regulations to be on-site daily, and round early and often to keep on top of...

Healthcare Life Safety Compliance - Volume 25, Issue 1

Report: Building a smarter healthcare facility

December 28, 2021
Construction, Environment and Facilities, Quality Improvement

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 healthcare organizations use resources today is key to how they will evolve into the future....

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 13, Issue 11

Ready, Set, ICRA!

November 11, 2019
Construction, Environment and Facilities
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

One of the more frequently recurring questions/concerns/vulnerabilities in my travels relates to when it is appropriate to do a (and I will use this term collectively)...

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