Mac’s Safety Space: You know, I really find you quite attractive
Hospital Safety Insider, December 10, 2015
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Sometimes, particularly around the solstice, I struggle to come up with something (relatively) fresh upon which to pontificate-something that goes a little beyond the typical closing out of the safety year. Fortunately (at least for me; hopefully for you, the readers, as well), there have been enough funky things coming out of Joint Commission surveys this year to provide plenty of material. And today's topic is the result of what appears to be an uptick in findings relating to MRI safety.
Now, the unfortunate aspect of all this is when the human and technological elements meet in combat, it would seem that it is the TJC surveyors that "win," which is a very much less than desirable outcome.
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