COVID-19: Hospitals should consider CoP carefully before deciding on DNR policy

March 31, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 14
Environment and Facilities, Leadership & Finance, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Infection Control, Workplace safety

As the nation grapples with the 2019 novel coronavirus, clinicians and others in facilities have discussed whether to implement blanket “Do Not...Read More »

Rock on: Where do we go from here?

March 31, 2020
Mac's Safety Space - Volume 14 Issue 3
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

March 24, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 13
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

March 24, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 13
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?

March 24, 2020
Mac's Safety Space - Volume 14 Issue 3
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…

March 18, 2020
Mac's Safety Space - Volume 14 Issue 3
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

March 17, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 12
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!

March 17, 2020
Mac's Safety Space - Volume 14 Issue 3
Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

By my observations...Read More »

Experts: COVID-19 is ‘Approaching Pandemic’

March 10, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 11
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Patient Safety

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

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

March 10, 2020
Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor - Volume 14 Issue 11
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 »

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