Rock on: Where do we go from here?

Mac's Safety Space
March 31, 2020
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

It would seem that...Read More »

Study: SARS-CoV-2 Can Live for 72 Hours on Plastic, Stainless Steel Surfaces

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
March 24, 2020
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can be detected...Read More »

Two-thirds of all hospital beds are already occupied

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
March 24, 2020
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Patient Safety, Infection Control

New report shows some states and counties lag far behind in the availability of hospital beds.Read More »

Time I had some time alone: How negative do we need to be?

Mac's Safety Space
March 24, 2020
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

Just a quick couple...Read More »

What a short, strange trip it’s been…

Mac's Safety Space
March 18, 2020
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

I think we can...Read More »

See when states will face hospital bed capacity shortages during the COVID-19 outbreak

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
March 17, 2020
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

The earliest ICU bed shortages are likely to emerge at the end of March, according to a new analysis.Read More »

Logic doesn’t always prevail…a luxury you can’t afford!

Mac's Safety Space
March 17, 2020
Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

By my observations...Read More »

BREAKING: (COVID-19) CMS says primary survey focus will be on infection control preparedness

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
March 10, 2020
Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

CMS ordered its state and regional surveyors to suspend “non-emergency inspections across the country” to allow “inspectors to turn their focus on...Read More »

Experts: COVID-19 is ‘Approaching Pandemic’

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor
March 10, 2020
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety

A group of U.S. healthcare experts on Friday stressed the...Read More »

If this isn’t a holdup, why are so many people wearing masks?

Mac's Safety Space
March 9, 2020
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

I suspect this is as...Read More »

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