Safety Articles by Topic: Facilities Management
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 2, February 1, 2014
Recently, the American Society for Healthcare Engineers (ASHE) presented a webinar on...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 2, February 1, 2014
Editor’s note: Each month, Senior Editor Brad Keyes, CHSP, owner of Keyes Life Safety...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 2, February 1, 2014
The nation’s oldest accreditation organization with deeming authority from CMS to survey...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 2, February 1, 2014
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 2, February 1, 2014
Recently, the American Society for Healthcare Engineers (ASHE) presented a webinar on...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 47, November 15, 2012
I was doing some work at a client facility recently and happened to be on site when these folks...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 31, August 23, 2012
OSHA has issued a direct final rule and notice of proposed rulemaking that applies the...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 31, August 23, 2012
This is a condition/practice I’ve noticed at any number of facilities.
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 29, August 9, 2012
One of the curious things I encounter on an increasingly regular basis is the Dorian Gray-like (but...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 28, July 19, 2012
Kaiser’s South Bay Medical Center will pay $73,615.40 in fines for unlawful disposal of...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 28, July 19, 2012
When you compare it to sustaining improvement, actually making the improvements to start with is...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 27, July 12, 2012
Advice from healthcare safety expert Steve MacArthur on permissions from authorities having...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 28, July 12, 2012
Expert advice from HCPro's Healthcare Life Safety Compliance on key issues concerning the Life...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 26, July 5, 2012
And so, I have become introduced to the concept of exhaust manifold and/or engine...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 26, July 5, 2012
In the OR there are very specific requirements concerning temperature, humidity, and air...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 24, June 21, 2012
On April 17, a hospital building in Southern California shook violently, swaying as the ground...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 22, June 7, 2012
Strangely enough, there remains some uncertainty relative to the management of temperature and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 15, April 19, 2012
Structural engineers at the University of California San Diego shook an 80-foot-high model hospital...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 11, March 22, 2012
OSHA’s changes to the Hazard Communication standard will improve safety by making it easier...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 10, March 15, 2012
This one has the potential to be the game-changer we’ve been hoping (waiting) for – the...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 7, February 16, 2012
As drug shortages, particularly of cancer-treating drugs, continue to occur, pharmacists are having...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 50, December 22, 2011
On November 19, a 48-year-old man fatally shot himself just outside the emergency room of Massena...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 47, December 1, 2011
The brand new Rush University Medical Center in Chicago touts a design that addresses the...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 43, October 27, 2011
Many hospital buildings in California are still not earthquake-proof, despite the 1994 landmark law...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 42, October 20, 2011
The emergency room of Medical Park Hospital in Hope, AR, was shut down after emergency room workers...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 41, October 13, 2011
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, had a hazmat scare when a contractor...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 40, October 6, 2011
Western Maryland Health System in Cumberland, MD, and Garrett Memorial Hospital in Oakland, MD...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 37, September 15, 2011
A September 1 report by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 71, June 2, 2011
The tornado that ripped through St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, MO, serves as a...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 69, May 19, 2011
OSHA found no violations in an incident at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, IL...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 68, May 12, 2011
The water system at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, WA, will be treated with...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 68, May 12, 2011
I’m reasonably certain that when you folks are conducting your annual evaluations, you are...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 68, May 12, 2011
I’m reasonably certain that when you folks are conducting your annual evaluations, you are...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 66, April 28, 2011
Two bills were signed by California Governor Jerry Brown (D) that could give hospitals a seven-year...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 64, April 14, 2011
After three years of construction, St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT, opened a $184 million...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 63, April 7, 2011
The following is an excerpt from April’s Briefings on Hospital Safety.
Before Mark A...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 62, March 31, 2011
The following is an excerpt from the March issue of Briefings on Hospital Safety.
Plans by OSHA to...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 60, March 17, 2011
The following excerpt is from the March issue of Briefings on Hospital Safety.
No matter the size...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 59, March 10, 2011
Q: My engineering manager is telling me that they only have to monitor temperature and humidity in...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 58, March 3, 2011
Q: We have been having a discussion about the linens in our ear, nose, and throat (ENT) clinic...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 57, February 24, 2011
A 26-year-old employee of Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, IL, was killed in...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 56, February 17, 2011
A six-story parking garage at University Hospital in San Antonio, TX, collapsed on February 14...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 56, February 17, 2011
One of the main issues hospitals face when it comes to clean air quality is the patients they tend...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 55, February 10, 2011
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s emergency management (EM) program scored high in its...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 46, December 9, 2010
A common problem some hospitals face is corridor clutter; a nurse bangs into a filing cabinet by...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 10, October 1, 2010
What The Joint Commission expects from your emergency exercises
There’s a good reason why...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 38, September 30, 2010
Researchers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Office of Safety, Health, and Working...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 36, September 16, 2010
After an employee at The Acadia Hospital in Bangor, ME filed a complaint to OSHA at the end of...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 35, September 9, 2010
It’s a well known fact that the dangers of a psychiatric ward dramatically increase, both for...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 9, September 1, 2010
Inside:
An inside look at a CMS Life Safety Code® survey
Tie EC and IC together to...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 9, September 1, 2010
Your hospital just completed its Joint Commission survey and now you have another team of surveyors...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 9, September 1, 2010
Joint Commission compliance and survey success depend on effective management of the care...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 9, September 1, 2010
Becky worked in an independent lab in Cedar Rapids, IA. The lab was located in the downtown area...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 33, August 26, 2010
Last week a “code pink” call rang out throughout San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital in...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 33, August 26, 2010
Last week The Joint Commission released the top five Joint Commission requirements most frequently...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 33, August 26, 2010
Determining what is and isn’t considered life support equipment can be a difficult and often...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 33, August 26, 2010
A case study on OSHA Healthcare Advisor reviews the dangers of not designating a separate chemical...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 32, August 19, 2010
California hospitals are notoriously at risk for an earthquake disaster that could put the safety...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 32, August 19, 2010
When it comes to the recovery of systems at your hospital after a disaster, there are eight key...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 31, August 12, 2010
Q: Is it feasible to place a small device that is plugged into an electrical receptacle on a metal...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 30, August 5, 2010
Your hospital just completed its Joint Commission survey and now you have another team of surveyors...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 30, August 5, 2010
Spartanburg (SC) Regional Medical Center has begun using technology to teach healthcare workers the...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 30, August 5, 2010
What are the requirements for initiating safety surveys on acquired clinics in your hospital system?
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 8, August 1, 2010
When a Joint Commission surveyor visits your hospital to check for Life Safety Code® (LSC...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 28, July 22, 2010
Controlling how visitors enter your healthcare facility may be one of the easier components...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
Hospitals spend a lot of time identifying risks and preparing so they’re ready to respond...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
There are plenty of locations hospital security personnel have to worry about in their hospital and...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
Sometimes, a fairly simple step can help increase security and at the same time make...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 23, June 10, 2010
A new guest blogger, Greeley senior consultant Brad Keyes CHSP, makes an appearance on Mac’s...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 6, June 1, 2010
In your laboratories, lab coats and other personal protective equipment (PPE) keep staff members...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 6, June 1, 2010
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 6, June 1, 2010
Although new elements of performance (EP) for advanced diagnostic imaging only appear in the EC...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 6, June 1, 2010
The FDA has approved a new alternative system to the Steris System 1 (SS1) processor—which...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 6, June 1, 2010
The dangers of Legionella in hospital water systems are well known. Even decorative water fountains...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 20, May 18, 2010
If, as expected, healthcare reform will provide greater access to more people, there may be some...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 18, May 6, 2010
Surgical fires aren’t limited to operating rooms and can also occur wherever invasive...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 18, May 6, 2010
Your organization might discover potential environmental health and safety issues not covered by...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
We all know that The Joint Commission expects your disaster drills to feature escalating scenarios...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
HCPro’s new resource, Emergency Operations Plan Template, contains advice and sample language...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
The FDA has alerted hospitals that a specific model of StatSpin® centrifuges has an alleged...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 17, April 28, 2010
Even decorative water fountains can be a risk with Legionella, as Aurora St. Luke’s South...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 17, April 28, 2010
A week from the today, the 4th Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium begins in Las Vegas. You can...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 17, April 27, 2010
In April 2009, the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX began to experience a surge...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 6, April 26, 2010
EC will likely be a focus in 2010 for surveyors when it comes to patient suicide risks, said Sharon...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 4, April 24, 2010
Although it may not rank high on your chore list, take close reads of the scoring behind the EC...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 16, April 20, 2010
As we first mentioned on our Hospital Safety Twitter account earlier this week, Steris Corp. of...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 16, April 20, 2010
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 16, April 20, 2010
You wouldn’t believe how some practices place so little importance on exit sign compliance...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 16, April 20, 2010
Q: Is there a recommended flush time when using the emergency eyewash station?
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 16, April 20, 2010
Exit sign compliance is as basic as you get in workplace safety matters, but how often do you check...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 15, April 14, 2010
Under EC.02.05.01, The Joint Commission requires facilities to have a method of checking...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 15, April 14, 2010
It is just three short weeks until the 4th Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium, and one of the...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 15, April 14, 2010
California health officials this week punished hospitals that have allegedly run afoul of...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 15, April 13, 2010
Q: Can you tell me what the OSHA regulations are for posting exit route maps, how many to post, and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 14, April 7, 2010
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 14, April 7, 2010
We’re excited to announce that HCPro has just published its newest compliance guide, Physical...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 14, April 7, 2010
The FDA has approved a new alternative system to the Steris System 1 (SS1) processor, which came...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
We often write about the immediate response to a fire, but for a blaze at a Maine hospital’s...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance exclusively covers life safety issues in healthcare facilities...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Inside:
Options for corpse storage during emergency response
EC scoring may herald...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Although the United States may never see a death toll approaching that from Haiti’s...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Bucking what anecdotally appears to be a trend, Skaggs Regional Medical Center in Branson, MO...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Read the latest news about an FDA deadline for the Steris System 1® replacement, a new Joint...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
In light of a heavy fine against a medical center in California, safety committees should...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 13, March 31, 2010
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 13, March 31, 2010
Life Safety Code® compliance for healthcare facilities figures prominently into the 4th Annual...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 13, March 31, 2010
Three flight crew members died last week when their medical helicopter crashed in Brownsville, TN...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 12, March 24, 2010
The Environmental Protection Agency has established a new rule regarding ethylene oxide...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 12, March 24, 2010
We’re only six weeks away from the 4th Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium, and one of...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 12, March 23, 2010
A new Indiana law passed last week allowing guns in company parking lots will have many workplaces...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 11, March 17, 2010
It’s an easy problem for a surveyor to find: Excessive amounts of nonflammable compressed gas...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 11, March 17, 2010
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 11, March 17, 2010
The emergency department (ED) acts as funnel into the rest of your hospital, making it a danger...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 11, March 17, 2010
Joint Commission emergency management standard EM.02.02.11, element of performance 7, requires...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 10, March 10, 2010
Here are some thoughts when it comes to training workers on the federal National Incident...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 10, March 10, 2010
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 10, March 10, 2010
We’re less than two months away from the 4th Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium May 6-7...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 10, March 9, 2010
Q: Must we always use an exhaust hood when working with isopropyl alcohol in the lab?
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 9, March 3, 2010
If your hospital doesn’t already test electric-driven fires pumps at peak capacity under...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 9, March 3, 2010
The FDA has alerted hospitals that a specific model of StatSpin centrifuges has an alleged defect...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 4, March 1, 2010
LS.02.01.30 requires hospitals to maintain building features to protect people from smoke and fire...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
On paper, it looks like OSHA got tougher on general medical hospitals in fiscal year (FY) 2009, as...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
Hospital security expert Fredrick Roll, MA, CHPA-F, CPP, notes fives suggestions for preventing ED...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
Check out the latest Joint Commission information about about fire response roles, contractor...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
Safety committee members should read through the FDA’s new interim recommendations on CT...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
Like many healthcare facilities, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) was cited during its Joint...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
Some medical centers are creating a full-time position for the management of green initiatives...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers has proposed a...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 8, February 24, 2010
Those of you who deal with unsealed penetrations in rated fire walls and floors can check out a new...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 8, February 24, 2010
The 4th Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium is coming May 6-7, and we want to alert companies...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 7, February 17, 2010
Tread carefully with your policies about products containing mercury. If your policy states your...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 7, February 17, 2010
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 7, February 17, 2010
As we count down to the 4th Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium May 6-7, we want to highlight...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 7, February 17, 2010
An altercation at a nightclub led to an alleged shooting at a nearby hospital’s emergency...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 7, February 16, 2010
With many areas of the country experiencing winter weather that’s usually found in the...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 6, February 10, 2010
Gift shops are often overlooked as hazardous areas in healthcare occupancies, and because of that...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 6, February 10, 2010
Sunday’s explosion of a power plant in Middletown, CT, is something safety committees should...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 6, February 10, 2010
The Hospital Safety Center has just posted a free special report called, “2010 Joint...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 5, February 3, 2010
For the first time, you and your colleagues will be able to attend the 4th Annual Hospital Safety...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 5, February 3, 2010
After further consideration, the Food and Drug Administration has extended the deadline to 18...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
Q: Is joint compound acceptable to use to seal penetrations through a fire-rated barrier made with...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
Those of you involved with emergency planning for H1N1 should review a series of waivers from the...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
Although informal, a new series of interpretations about exit discharges, utility penetrations, and...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
The 2000 edition of the Life Safety Code® (LSC) has few requirements for smoke detectors in...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
Many citations under LS.02.01.10 come from a pair of easy-to-find, yet pervasive, problems:
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
If your hospital uses Steris System 1® (SS1) processors, it might be a good idea to flag them...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance exclusively covers life safety issues in healthcare facilities...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 4, January 27, 2010
In light of a heavy fine in California, safety committees may want to verify that only appropriate...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 4, January 27, 2010
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 4, January 27, 2010
Fallout will likely be minimal for hospitals from a court case stemming from Hurricane Katrina...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 4, January 27, 2010
Next Wednesday, February 3, join safety experts Steve MacArthur and Brad Keyes, CHSP, both from The...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 3, January 20, 2010
During a Christmas Eve blizzard, Norman (OK) Regional Hospital discovered reasons why emergency...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 3, January 20, 2010
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 3, January 18, 2010
Q: Is it illegal to have mercury thermometers and blood pressure devices in medical practices?
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 2, January 13, 2010
Anyone involved with emergency planning or generators in hospitals will want to keep an eye on...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 2, January 13, 2010
At least one hospital in Jackson, MS, was forced to institute emergency water plans after freezing...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 2, January 13, 2010
Given the rise in physical environment citations by surveyors, 2010 will be a critical year to...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 1, January 6, 2010
The Food and Drug Administration’s recent alert about Steris System 1 reprocessors offers a...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 1, January 6, 2010
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 1, January 6, 2010
Attendees to the upcoming 4th Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium will take away the latest...
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OSHA Watch, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
This issue of OSHA Watch provides readers with an update to the pandemic influenza plan due to a...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Join Brad Keyes, CHSP, life safety consultant at The Greeley Company, as he answers your questions...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
With life safety concerns taking such prominent spots on The Joint Commission’s most recent...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance exclusively covers life safety issues in healthcare facilities...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Recently recognized by the American Society for Healthcare Engineering as a leader in facilities...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Many geographic information system (GIS) mapping systems are cheaply available to hospitals if...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
With no major new Joint Commission deadlines passing on January 1, 2010, the changing of the...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 52, December 30, 2009
Those of you who use isolation or infection control caddies that hang over doors should verify the...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 52, December 30, 2009
The January issue of Healthcare Life Safety Compliance is now available for subscribers, with...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 52, December 30, 2009
As we close out 2009 today, let’s take a quick look at what’s coming in 2010 from some...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 51, December 23, 2009
We want to follow up on our tip from last week, in which we noted that there are no national...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 51, December 23, 2009
As we reported two weeks ago, the FDA has warned hospitals to seek alternatives to Steris System 1...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 51, December 23, 2009
Fire authorities suspect a spark near oxygen equipment caused a fire that resulted in 94 patients...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 51, December 22, 2009
Q: Does OSHA require physician offices to have fire extinguishers available, if we are in a...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 51, December 22, 2009
Holiday decorations are fun, but they could cause headaches for safety officers. How are you...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 50, December 16, 2009
We occasionally receive or otherwise read questions from the field about the need for posting...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 50, December 16, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 50, December 16, 2009
Recently recognized by the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) as a leader in...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 49, December 9, 2009
Douglas Erickson, deputy executive director of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 49, December 9, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 49, December 9, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is suggesting that hospitals consider alternatives to a...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 48, December 2, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 48, December 2, 2009
Compliance with The Joint Commission’s life safety and related EC standards often centers on...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
Q: During a recent inspection, our fire marshal said the five-year standpipe waterflow test is...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
Compliance with The Joint Commission’s life safety and related EC standards often centers on...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
It can be difficult for facility managers to figure out just how effective their energy-reduction...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
The Joint Commission’s survey at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler continued what appears to...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
For years, employee safety fairs served as inexpensive ways to host informal refreshers about...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency’s actions as part of a $533,570 hospital settlement...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 47, November 18, 2009
A cooking fire at a New Jersey hospital serves as a reminder that grease can be a hazard.
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 47, November 18, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 47, November 18, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency’s actions as part of a $533,570 hospital settlement...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 47, November 18, 2009
Yet another medical helicopter crashed has killed people, this time near the California-Nevada...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 46, November 11, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 46, November 11, 2009
Three infectious disease professional associations have written to President Obama, asking him to...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 46, November 11, 2009
In sobering news for hospital safety professionals, four of the top 10 most cited Joint Commission...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 45, November 4, 2009
In the past month, hospitals across the country have dealt with alleged stabbings, muggings on...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 45, November 4, 2009
As we first reported Tuesday on our “HospitalSafety” Twitter account, the Centers for...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 45, November 4, 2009
If your hospital underwent a Joint Commission survey in 2009, we want to hear from you about how...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance exclusively covers life safety issues in healthcare facilities...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
Confirm all employees who work with robotics have received proper education about the use and...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
During this Joint Commission visit, surveyors looked at glucometers in a lab, air-handler test...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
The principle of pushing an exercise to the breaking point often comes up in terms of healthcare...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
A report by The Joint Commission makes a bold prediction: The majority of U.S. hospitals will have...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 44, October 28, 2009
Although Lysol might be effective in killing 99% of bacteria on your kitchen counter, it’s...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 44, October 28, 2009
The president of Waterbury (CT) Hospital told the city’s aldermen last week that the facility...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 44, October 28, 2009
The past eight days have been a particularly violent time for Boston hospitals, including a fatal...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 43, October 21, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 43, October 21, 2009
As part of HCPro’s new Emergency Preparedness Solutions series, you can now download 80...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 43, October 21, 2009
It won’t be long before holiday decorations start to show up on units and in offices, which...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 42, October 13, 2009
The Joint Commission has no requirements for hospitals to lock electrical panels. However, an...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 42, October 13, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 42, October 13, 2009
Here’s just a snapshot of how hospitals around the country are dealing with H1N1 outbreaks...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 42, October 13, 2009
Separate problems with CT scanner settings and coolant made the news in bad ways over the last...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 11, October 8, 2009
As hospitals gear up for what could be the biggest influenza pandemic in a century, they must...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 41, October 7, 2009
A new report from nonprofit organization Trust for America’s Health concludes that 15 states...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 41, October 7, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 41, October 7, 2009
The idea has been kicked around for years, and now it looks like it’s finally going to...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 41, October 7, 2009
An Illinois hospital’s alleged lapses when it comes to surgical fire prevention led to the...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance exclusively covers life safety issues in healthcare facilities...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
Ultraviolet-C light, when pointed straight down into a surgical site for infection control...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
It seems like enough work to know The Joint Commission’s EC standards, but are you up on all...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
In our report from the annual ASHE conference, we look at why life safety compliance will continue...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
Q: During some research in the area around our main security control room, we discovered that two...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 40, September 30, 2009
Although there are only 57 active medical waste incinerators in the country, if your facility is...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 40, September 30, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 40, September 30, 2009
With a few tweaks, your computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) drawings can also become...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 39, September 23, 2009
As you follow the healthcare reform debate raging across the country, it also makes sense to view...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 39, September 23, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 39, September 23, 2009
It seems like enough work to know The Joint Commission’s environment of care standards, but...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 39, September 23, 2009
A patient's death following an operating room flash fire serves as a good reminder for surgical...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 38, September 16, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 38, September 16, 2009
Our new seminar, Life Safety Code Solutions for Hospitals, takes place September 24-25 in Boston...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 37, September 9, 2009
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has put healthcare workers who have contact with...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 37, September 9, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 37, September 9, 2009
A hospital on Long Island has become the first one in the nation to sign an agreement with the...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 37, September 9, 2009
We’re just two weeks away from Life Safety Code Solutions for Hospitals, a convenient...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 36, September 3, 2009
This week the two major hospitals in Missoula, MT, tested new emergency equipment that could be...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 36, September 3, 2009
Hospitals in California that are struggling financially are asking the state back off from...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 36, September 3, 2009
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
What is tepid water? For the purposes of eyewash safety, the American National Standards Institute...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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OSHA Watch, Issue 5, September 1, 2009
This month, Quality America provides readers with a detailed look at bloodborne pathogens...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
Q. Is it permitted to have a time clock in an exit stairwell of a hospital? My vice president of...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 35, August 26, 2009
Generally, The Joint Commission would prefer to see your plans for improvement (PFIs) funded when...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 35, August 26, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 35, August 26, 2009
In a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a regional system of the U.S...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 34, August 19, 2009
The Joint Commission encourages you to look at your facility’s emergency management plans as...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 34, August 19, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 34, August 19, 2009
When it comes to successfully clarifying life safety citations from Joint Commission surveyors, key...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 34, August 19, 2009
What is “tepid” water? For the purposes of eyewash safety, the American National...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 33, August 12, 2009
A Joint Commission official assigned all attendees of the American Society for Healthcare...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 33, August 12, 2009
Controversy is swirling this month around protection measures for healthcare workers from the H1N1...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 33, August 12, 2009
If you’re a fan of Twitter or need a good excuse to check it out, Hospital Safety Connection...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 32, August 6, 2009
Firefighters responded to a chemical leak inside Clarkson Hospital at the Nebraska Medical Center...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Medical Environment Update, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
In recent years, MDROs have come under increased scrutiny, particularly in the hospital setting. As...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 31, July 29, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 30, July 22, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 30, July 22, 2009
It won’t take long for this cheery news to reach your bosses: Life Safety Code (LSC...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 29, July 15, 2009
The 2000 edition of the Life Safety Code (LSC) requires hospitals to post exit signs that are...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 28, July 8, 2009
Starting August 5, California will become the first state to have a standard in place to protect...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 28, July 8, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 28, July 8, 2009
The California Department of Health has fined a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 28, July 8, 2009
As we first reported last week on Mac’s Safety Space, there appear to be no plans by The...
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OSHA Watch, Issue 4, July 1, 2009
This month, Quality America focuses on changes in the general duty clause, the NIOSH hazardous drug...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 27, July 1, 2009
Based on discussions with industry groups, The Joint Commission plans to focus more closely on all...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 27, July 1, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 27, July 1, 2009
A security officer at a medical clinic in Dallas was arrested by the FBI after he allegedly planned...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 27, July 1, 2009
The outpouring of fan grief and media interest following Michael Jackson’s death last...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
Q. Are smoke detectors required to be installed in hospital corridors? I attended a seminar...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance exclusively covers life safety issues in healthcare facilities...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 26, June 24, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 26, June 24, 2009
In response to a new rule, if you haven’t yet notified the Environmental Protection Agency...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 26, June 24, 2009
In an exclusive story from HCPro, it appears The Joint Commission?s provisions for main drain tests...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 25, June 17, 2009
We read about some interesting participants in a hospital disaster drill last week: construction...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 25, June 17, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 25, June 17, 2009
A trio of construction workers at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Medical Center got a surprise when a...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 24, June 10, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 23, June 3, 2009
The Life Safety Code requires hospitals to carry out fire watches when a fire alarm or sprinkler...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Should a freestanding medical office (business occupancy) be required to evacuate everyone when an...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Here’s an interesting statistic: Although about half of all nursing home fires involved...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
In smaller settings, life safety can easily be buried at the bottom of the to-do list, in part...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 22, May 27, 2009
Particularly large healthcare facilities now face the possibility of hosting a life safety...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 21, May 20, 2009
It’s well known that the Life Safety Code and Joint Commission standard EC.02.03.03 require...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 21, May 20, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 20, May 14, 2009
Hospital actions in response to the H1N1 swine flu outbreak served as a "good dress...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 19, May 12, 2009
Some hospitals have received citations this year during their Joint Commission surveys because...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 19, May 12, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 19, May 12, 2009
A fire in an outside Dumpster climbed up an attached construction debris chute and into part of a...
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OSHA Watch, Issue 3, May 8, 2009
This month, Quality America focuses on injection safety practices in ambulatory settings and OSHA...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 18, May 6, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 18, May 6, 2009
A trio of hospitals in a Florida community will be among the latest to embrace smoke-free campuses...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
Magnetic latches on suites
We recently had an inspection in our hospital where the inspector cited...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
Every year in hospitals and hospices, there are 1,600 fires that result in an average of one death...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
The life safety specialist who visited Parrish Medical
Center in Titusville, FL, was a former Air...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 15, April 15, 2009
A pediatric physician-in-training who inadvertently saw young patients at three Chicago area...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 14, April 8, 2009
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
We currently have a building maintenance program (BMP) that surveyors said was a good program...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
Following is a list of documentation that The Joint Commission’s life safety specialists are...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
To nip potential Joint Commission problems before they become bigger, you may want to immediately...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance exclusively covers life safety issues in healthcare facilities...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 11, March 18, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 11, March 18, 2009
A healthcare environmental group Practice Greenhealth has teamed with consumer health and medical...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 10, March 11, 2009
National Jewish Health in Denver evacuated about 500 staff members and students on Monday after a...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 9, March 4, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 9, March 4, 2009
Considering our first item above, you’ll have a renewed appreciation of life safety floor...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 9, March 4, 2009
In a statistic that can only be bad news for hospitals, the former EC.5.20 was the most cited Joint...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 3, March 1, 2009
The threat of weapons inside a hospital is a terrifying scenario for any safety officer. Yet every...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 3, March 1, 2009
A fire on the roof of a New Hampshire hospital proved the need to keep tabs on projects involving...
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OSHA Watch, Issue 2, March 1, 2009
This month, Quality America focuses on the new OSHA personal protective equipment (PPE...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 8, February 25, 2009
You often hear about the need to have redundant communication strategies for a community...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 8, February 25, 2009
A hospital in Indiana is reconfiguring its patient bedroom windows to no longer fully open after a...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 6, February 11, 2009
In this period of potential cutbacks in training budgets, one quick idea for security education is...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 6, February 11, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 6, February 11, 2009
A free online recording is now available of HCPro’s popular audio conference, “Hospital...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 4, January 28, 2009
Last week a competitor of ours ran a story that perpetuated the myth that you must always be able...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 4, January 28, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 4, January 28, 2009
February 2 is the deadline for hospital safety professionals and others to submit their comments...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 3, January 21, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 2, January 14, 2009
Though any other city outside of Washington, D.C., will probably never host a presidential...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 2, January 14, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 1, January 7, 2009
Last month, we reported on a patient who wandered onto the roof of The University of Pittsburgh...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 1, January 7, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 1, January 7, 2009
As we reported earlier this week in Mac’s Safety Space, The Joint Commission released a...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
With The Joint Commission’s new life safety standards taking effect on January 1, let’s...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
Ask any hospital safety director and they will tell you violence in the ED is becoming an...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
Atlantic City, NJ, may be known for its casinos, but Larry Sweeney—AtlantiCare’s...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
It appears that Det Norske Veritas’ (DNV) new accreditation program for hospitals will give...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 51, December 17, 2008
On December 11, The Joint Commission released a Sentinel Event Alert about how safety interacts...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 51, December 17, 2008
Our colleagues over at OSHA Healthcare Advisor have an online survey up about whether budget cuts...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 50, December 9, 2008
Hospital safety officers have long been familiar with required hazard surveillance rounds required...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 50, December 9, 2008
The family of a dementia patient is wondering why the woman got out of her room at a Pittsburgh...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 50, December 9, 2008
Mirroring a tactic that New England hospitals will remember from years past, the Environmental...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 49, December 3, 2008
A few weeks back, we read about a hospital that received some unwanted surveyor attention related...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 49, December 3, 2008
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been busy this week with proposed hospital...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
In October 2007, a New Jersey hospital suspended 27 workers for accessing actor George...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
Research showing how well hospitals nationwide are equipped to handle disasters affecting children...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
SIR doesn’t have everything in common with large, acute care hospitals. The facility...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
When Hurricanes Gustav and Ike respectively slammed southwest Louisiana and east Texas in late...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
You’ve probably spent a good chunk of this year getting ready for The Joint...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
You should pay attention to an important upcoming deadline, as a rule mandating that hospitals run...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
Seven tips to keep you ahead
By now, most of you have had a chance to peruse The Joint...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
In an example of the long-term ramifications behind requirements for improvement (RFI) from The...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 48, November 19, 2008
Safety committees may want to discuss a new guideline from the Centers for Disease Control and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 48, November 19, 2008
Workers at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Boise, ID, dealt with an unusual mercury threat last...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 48, November 19, 2008
Wildfires that have been raging in Southern California created problems for Olive View-UCLA Medical...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 47, November 12, 2008
A story about assaults on nurses in the Boston area should remind everyone that while OSHA...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 47, November 12, 2008
While the eyes of the world were on the U.S. presidential race, taxpayers in Pomeroy, WA, had their...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 47, November 12, 2008
Authorities in Scranton, PA, are looking for a man who allegedly fondled a patient at Mercy...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 12, November 11, 2008
Healthcare facilities protect paper medical records from fire by installing sprinkler systems and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 46, November 5, 2008
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 46, November 5, 2008
As you fine-tune your emergency operations plans, note a slight change in wording that will aid you...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 8, August 1, 2008
A new British study suggests that antibacterial wipes can actually spread "superbug"...
