Articles in Mac's Safety Space - Volume 14 Issue 6

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 14, Issue 6

Probably not the final word on outpatient clinic settings

June 29, 2020
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

Sometimes I have a difficult time finding a unifying “thread” for the weekly chronicle and other times the way forward is fairly clear. This week may be...

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 14, Issue 6

And it makes me wonder…sure does!

June 23, 2020
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

And it’s not just a bustle in your hedgerow, so alarm might be warranted…

Lately, I’ve been using this space to muse on the potential for changes...

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 14, Issue 6

We advance, masked!

June 15, 2020
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

In the topsy turvy world of Personal Protective Equipment (aka PPE), there are some developments on the decontamination/reprocessing of masks that I...

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 14, Issue 6

A little mo’ from the Mighty O (ccupational Safety & Health Administration)

June 8, 2020
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

As they are wont to do, the folks at OSHA periodically issue safety alerts and it would seem that the ongoing challenges of managing the ongoing...

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 14, Issue 6

They’re baaaack: TJC returns to the fray!

June 1, 2020
Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

Last week, our friends in Chicago announced that they will be resuming the survey grind in June (in all candor, I too will be heading out on the highways...