What are the hot button issues in healthcare security?

Healthcare Safety Leader
March 22, 2022
Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety
by Dom Nicastro

No healthcare professional needs to be reminded of the risks and elevated threats of violence during tense...Read More »

Apparently, it’s Monday Morning somewhere…

Mac's Safety Space
March 21, 2022
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

I suppose it was only a matter of time before the forensic unraveling of the last two years or so would begin to take center stage, so the latest...Read More »

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

Healthcare Safety Leader
March 8, 2022
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Workplace safety

Be sure that your leadership has signed off on workplace...Read More »

Normalizing relations – a step in a good direction…

Mac's Safety Space
February 28, 2022
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

A few weeks ago, the good folks at CMS revised their take on how they were going to be surveying organizations relative to their handling of COVID...Read More »

Ask the Expert: Do you need to do fire extinguisher training in surgical or kitchen areas?

Healthcare Safety Leader
February 15, 2022
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Q: Do we need to do fire extinguisher training in surgery, the kitchen, and MRI?Read More »

Baby Love – The Supremes Tackle the Tough Questions…

Mac's Safety Space
January 31, 2022
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control
By Steve MacArthur, ...Read More »

Ask the Expert: Fire safety with patient laundries

Healthcare Safety Leader
January 18, 2022
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Healthcare Safety Leader asked Brad Keyes, CHSP, owner of Keyes Life Safety Compliance and a consultant and expert on...Read More »

Everything old is new again – lucky to have the work…

Mac's Safety Space
January 17, 2022
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant...Read More »

Double check infection control and fire safety with onsite laundry rooms

Healthcare Safety Leader
January 11, 2022
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Fire & Life Safety

Check manufacturer’s instructions for use (IFU) as well as nationally recognized standards when updating your policy on the regular maintenance...Read More »

TJC launches into 2022 with new EM standards, other changes

Inside Accreditation & Quality
January 11, 2022
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...Read More »

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