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Mac's Safety Space - Volume 15, Issue 12

Far below, where shadows fester as they grow…

December 20, 2021
Accreditation & Survey Preparation
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

Isn’t that a jolly holiday message?

So, just when you thought it couldn’t get any more stressful, our munificent friends in Chicago are...

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 15, Issue 12

Mac's Safety Space Extra: You gotta get in to get out

December 15, 2021
Accreditation & Survey Preparation
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

For those of you who were not tasked with traveling over Thanksgiving, but may be coming face to face with it over the next week or so (...

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 15, Issue 12

It’s not like they’re going to stop looking over shoulders…

December 13, 2021
Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

As we close in on the second anniversary of when everything went (more) sideways (than usual), all things COVID seem to be heating up for the...

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 15, Issue 12

Going nowhere fast…nothing like the sun

December 7, 2021
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

I received an interesting question this week regarding whether or not there was a need for UV protection in a supply room with windows (for the purposes of this...

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 15, Issue 11

I think the people down the hall know who we are…

November 29, 2021
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Infection Control, Workplace safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

As we start moving (in what is likely to be a sprint) towards the end of the year, a couple of items for your consideration.

First up, in the December edition of...

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 15, Issue 11

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the safety way

November 22, 2021
Workplace safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant 

Thought I’d something more to say…

Beware the alligator roll: One quick item for your consideration (I’ve been “sitting” on this one for a little bit). When one...

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 15, Issue 11

Tired of being tired? Me too!

November 15, 2021
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant 

A couple of quick items this week. As is frequently the case, I keep something of a digital scrapbook of ideas for the blog in my draft email folder. If I see a news...

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 15, Issue 11

Putting the (O)SHA back in OMG

November 8, 2021
Infection Control, Workplace safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant 

I’m sure you were right there with me last week pondering the potential impact of the Emergency Temporary Standard issued by our friends at the Big O (see the ...

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 15, Issue 11

You probably already knew this…

November 1, 2021
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant 

I know we talked a bit about fire drills not so long ago, but somehow I seem to have missed this particular “clarification” while I was dodging the COVID-19 virus last...

Mac's Safety Space - Volume 15, Issue 10

Deck the halls with boughs of noncombustible construction

October 25, 2021
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant 

It hardly seems possible that we...

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