One of your sprinkler heads is loaded: Can you find it before they do?

Mac's Safety Space
April 8, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

And now, to the...Read More »

Spring safety: Tuning up your clinic security as it heats up

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
April 1, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Quality & Errors

Unless you take a good inventory of the safety issues around your facility, the medical clinic or laboratory can be dangerous when the weather...Read More »

Talk down: Joint Commission on de-escalation

Patient Safety Monitor Journal
April 1, 2019
Behavioral & Mental Health, Environment and Facilities, Quality & Errors, Workplace safety

The practice of de-escalation isn’t as heavily researched or defined as other best practices. Even TJC’s alert cautions that there’s been little...Read More »

Wagering on a sewer thing: How are you managing wastes during an emergency?

Mac's Safety Space
April 1, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

Burn, bury, or dump...Read More »

Dialysis tips

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality
April 1, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Here are some additional tips from Kathleen Good, MSN, RN, a former surveyor with TJC and now an associate of Patton Healthcare...Read More »

Immediate Jeopardy: How much do you want to wager?

Mac's Safety Space
March 27, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Accreditation & Survey Preparation
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

With best wishes to...Read More »

Keeping an eye on things: Managing behavioral health patients

Mac's Safety Space
March 20, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Behavioral & Mental Health
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

What, again?!?...Read More »

It’s been a long time: Revisiting an EOC perennial

Mac's Safety Space
March 13, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Accreditation & Survey Preparation
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

Setting the wayback...Read More »

Eat, drink, and be safe: Some guidance on the care and feeding of staff

Mac's Safety Space
March 6, 2019
Environment and Facilities, Workplace safety
By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant

One of the more...Read More »

Part one: ECRI tech hazards 2019

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality
March 1, 2019
Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

The ECRI Institute published its annual list of the top 10 health technology hazards facing healthcare in 2019. Longtime readers will recognize...Read More »

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