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With holidays looming, monitor decoration risks

Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, October 1, 2008

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Some of you may dread the start of the fall holidays not because you don't enjoy them, but because these celebrations bring with them plenty of fire safety risks. The Life Safety Code® (LSC) and The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) address this matter. Paragraph 7.1. 10.2.1 in the LSC states that no furnishings or decorations can block exits, access to and from them, or their visibility.

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