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Fire protection education: Relating better to caregivers will open up their eyes

Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, November 1, 2009

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Want to keep egress corridors clear of clutter? Go onto the units and talk to the nurses.

It’s not that simple, of course, but if you can learn to better relate to nurses, you stand a better chance of getting caregivers to respect Life Safety Code® (LSC) requirements, said Brad Keyes, CHSP, life safety consultant at The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc., in Marblehead, MA. Keyes spoke at HCPro’s seminar, “Life Safety Code® Solutions for Hospitals,” which took place in Boston in September.

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