Safety Articles by Topic: Life Safety
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 6, February 7, 2013
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 6, February 7, 2013
Corridor widths in hospitals and nursing homes have to be maintained clear and free up to 8 feet...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 6, January 31, 2013
I’m reasonably certain that we’ve dealt with this before, but there’s been a wee...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 5, January 31, 2013
This week in Hospital Safety Insider: Breaking the “Groundhog Day” cycle, minimizing...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 5, January 31, 2013
The 2012 edition of NFPA 101: Life Safety Code® (LSC) is only 18 months old, and already the...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 5, January 29, 2013
Recently on the OSHA Healthcare Advisor blog (www.oshahealthcareadvisor.com), we invited readers...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 3, January 17, 2013
One of the realities of modern healthcare has been the shift (not everywhere, but in a lot of...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 3, January 17, 2013
Q: Are existing corridor doors required to be positive latching? Section 19.3.6.3.2 of the 2000...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 2, January 10, 2013
Corrosion inside fire protection piping that eventually leads to leaks is a problem that most...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 2, January 10, 2013
This week in Hospital Safety Insider: A primer on things to do when you’re the new safety...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 1, January 3, 2013
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 1, January 2, 2013
There has been a little increase in findings relative to various items (utility system components...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 53, December 27, 2012
This week: Steve MacArthur of "Mac's Safety Space" on radioactive materials safety...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 53, December 27, 2012
Nearly every acute care hospital in the United States has horizontal sliding doors, most of them...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 52, December 20, 2012
Fire-rated doors in healthcare organizations come with different configurations of fire-rated...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 52, December 20, 2012
This week in Hospital Safety Insider: Steve MacArthur of "Mac's Safety Space" on getting...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 51, December 13, 2012
An understanding of the intent of NFPA codes and standards is something a fire safety professional...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 51, December 13, 2012
This is a question for those of you who have fire pumps; more specifically, those of you who...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 50, December 6, 2012
With the increased scrutiny that Joint Commission surveyors and CMS state agency inspectors are...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 49, November 29, 2012
Hospitals in New York City and New Jersey were hit particularly hard as some had to evacuate due...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 49, November 29, 2012
Q: During a recent survey, the surveyor noted that we had two 64-gallon capacity containers, which...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 48, November 27, 2012
Q: In exit hallways, if there are items that are attached to the walls, such as computers or...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 48, November 22, 2012
GHS, Life Safety, and Environment of Care top the list of primary concerns heading into the new year
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 48, November 22, 2012
Q: We have a large computer center that has a halon system in the room. We know in a sprinkled...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 47, November 20, 2012
Q: During a recent survey, we were cited for not maintaining at least 36 inches of clear width in...
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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 47, November 15, 2012
One of the hot issues that accreditation organization surveyors are focusing on lately is elevator...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 46, November 13, 2012
Q: During a recent survey, the surveyor noted that we had two 64-gallon capacity containers, which...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 46, November 8, 2012
Stop me if you've heard this one before: When CMS finally adopts the 2012 edition of the Life...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 45, November 6, 2012
Q: We recently had an inspection where we were cited for not having a smoke detector in the...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 30, August 16, 2012
During the 49th Annual Conference & Exhibition for the American Society for Healthcare...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 29, August 9, 2012
When a healthcare facility contemplates new construction or renovation, the organization selects a...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 28, July 19, 2012
Q: Is the hospital responsible for the fire extinguishers supplied by the contractors while they...
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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 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 63, April 7, 2011
A few items have been popping up in surveys over the last couple of weeks; two require a homework...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 62, March 31, 2011
Q: Our Chief Operating Officer (COO) is concerned that The Joint Commission may go to our infusion...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 61, March 24, 2011
Q: I had a Life Safety Code question I was hoping you could help me with when you get a chance...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 50, January 6, 2011
Q: I was just wondering what your thoughts are on the expanding life safety surveyor. I am in a...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 49, December 30, 2010
I probably spend too much time thinking about such things, but as I was pondering the expanding...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 42, October 28, 2010
Our hospital operates a number of outpatient mini-clinics in places like grocery stores and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 42, October 28, 2010
Each month, Brad Keyes, CHSP, life safety consultant at The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 41, October 21, 2010
Each month, Brad Keyes, CHSP, life safety consultant at The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 37, September 23, 2010
At the recent Joint Commission Executive Briefings Session held in New York, an announcement was...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 35, September 9, 2010
Unfortunately the answer to this question is “it depends,” writes Steve MacArthur...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 27, July 6, 2010
Lab safety officers have the difficult job of adhering to multiple standards from various agencies...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
Inside:
California hospital hit with major fine for violating the ATD standard
EM is no...
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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 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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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 16, April 20, 2010
The 4th Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium is just two weeks away, and if you won’t be...
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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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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Q: We have our code blue medical emergency system tied into the hospital’s fire alarm system...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Early survey reports we’ve received in 2010 indicate that The Joint Commission is continuing...
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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 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 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 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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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
Like many healthcare facilities, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) was cited during its Joint...
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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 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
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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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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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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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 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 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
Attendees to the upcoming 4th Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium will take away the latest...
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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
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 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 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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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance exclusively covers life safety issues in healthcare facilities...
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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 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 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
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
As many of you prepare to enter chillier months, it’s inevitable that portable space heaters...
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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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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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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
It won’t be long before holiday decorations start to show up on units and offices, which...
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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
It seems like enough work to know The Joint Commission’s environment of care standards, but...
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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
We’re just two weeks away from Life Safety Code Solutions for Hospitals, a convenient...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance exclusively covers life safety issues in healthcare facilities...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
When the chief engineer at The Joint Commission warns facilities about a life safety deficiency...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
For now, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will continue to observe fire watch...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
One of the biggest potential pitfalls of any life safety inspection of your facility is whether you...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
As part of an old facility, Oregon State Hospital’s (OSH) Portland and Salem behavioral...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
The Joint Commission created the Statement of Conditions (SOC) to help facility managers assess...
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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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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
Many of you have heard about surveyors or inspectors who focus on exit signs and their required...
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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
Those of you who were unable to attend our 3rd Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium in May can...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 34, August 19, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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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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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
Q: Our fire policy states that someone must be posted at the elevator during a fire alarm to make...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
Corridor clutter is always on the radar for surveyors. Gone is the old myth that you are allowed to...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
The Joint Commission’s amended fire watch policy is bound to make your accreditation...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance exclusively covers life safety issues in healthcare facilities...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 31, July 29, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 31, July 29, 2009
If you’ll be traveling to Anaheim, CA, next week for the American Society for Healthcare...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 30, July 22, 2009
HCPro has two brand new seminars coming up in the fall that you’ll want to check out:
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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 29, July 15, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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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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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 27, July 1, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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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
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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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
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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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
In smaller settings, life safety can easily be buried at the bottom of the to-do list, in part...
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance exclusively covers life safety issues in healthcare facilities...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
In the spirit of its 2009 standards offering greater clarification to help hospital compliance, The...
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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 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
A fire in an outside Dumpster climbed up an attached construction debris chute and into part of a...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 18, May 6, 2009
Don’t miss out on the great premium content HCPro develops for hospital safety professionals...
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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
The Joint Commission?s 2009 life safety chapter incorporates many of the provisions under the old...
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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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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance exclusively covers life safety issues in healthcare facilities...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
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, 2009
Although it might sound like obvious advice, plenty of safety officers have nonetheless slipped on...
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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 10, March 11, 2009
We’ve uploaded great new content to the Hospital Safety Center...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 9, March 4, 2009
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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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
A fire on the roof of a New Hampshire hospital proved the need to keep tabs on projects involving...
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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 3, January 21, 2009
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 7, 2009
Speaking of Joint Commission compliance, platinum subscribers to the Hospital Safety Center now...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 1, January 7, 2009
We want to thank all of you who’ve been loyal readers along the way, and we’re excited...
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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
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
The end of the year brings an important Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) change and new Joint...
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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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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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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
Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best...
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 33, September 2, 2008
A state psychiatric hospital in North Carolina has lost its Joint Commission accreditation in part...
