Safety Articles by Topic: Environment of Care
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 45, November 4, 2009
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Hospital Safety Connection, 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 Connection, Issue 43, October 21, 2009
EC.04.01.01 requires hospitals to monitor the environment of care by collecting information, which...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 43, October 21, 2009
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 42, October 13, 2009
The Joint Commission has no requirements for hospitals to lock electrical panels. However, an...
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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
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
The Joint Commission marks individual elements of performance with a circled “D” icon...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 40, September 30, 2009
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Hospital Safety Connection, 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 Connection, Issue 38, September 16, 2009
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 37, September 9, 2009
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Hospital Safety Connection, 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 Center, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacteria that—like Legionella —lives in water pipes as...
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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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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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Hospital Safety Connection, 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 Connection, Issue 34, August 19, 2009
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 34, August 19, 2009
What is “tepid” water? For the purposes of eyewash safety, the American National...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 33, August 12, 2009
A Joint Commission official assigned all attendees of the American Society for Healthcare...
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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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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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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
The Joint Commission’s 2009 life safety and emergency management chapters have proven to be...
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
What does going full tilt on environmentally green efforts get you, really, in this economy?
A...
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Hospital Safety Connection, 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 Connection, 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 Connection, Issue 29, July 15, 2009
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Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
: As some of you may have noticed, The Joint Commission’s provisions for main drain tests...
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Hospital Safety Connection, 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 Connection, Issue 24, June 10, 2009
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 23, June 3, 2009
Under EC.02.04.01, The Joint Commission requires hospitals to manage medical equipment risks.
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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 22, May 27, 2009
Particularly large healthcare facilities now face the possibility of hosting a life safety...
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Hospital Safety Connection, 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 Connection, Issue 21, May 20, 2009
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 19, May 12, 2009
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 18, May 6, 2009
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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 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
Given the Obama administration’s goal of improving healthcare information technology systems...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 14, April 8, 2009
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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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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 11, March 18, 2009
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 10, March 11, 2009
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 10, March 11, 2009
We’ve uploaded great new content to the Hospital Safety Center...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 10, March 11, 2009
Good news for those of you who want to attend HCPro’s 3rd Annual Hospital Safety Center...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 9, March 4, 2009
In an FAQ released earlier this year, The Joint Commission outlined its expectations for staff ID...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 9, March 4, 2009
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Hospital Safety Connection, 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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Hospital Safety Center, Issue 3, March 1, 2009
When someone brandishes a gun in a hospital, there are several keys to avoiding injuries and deaths.
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 8, February 25, 2009
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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 8, February 24, 2009
Two weeks ago we told you about how the Joint Commission’s internal Surveyor Survey Activity...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 7, February 18, 2009
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 7, February 18, 2009
As the weeks count down to the 3rd Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium May 14-15 at Caesars...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 7, February 18, 2009
Two weeks ago we told you how The Joint Commission’s internal Surveyor Survey Activity Guide...
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Hospital Safety Connection, 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 Connection, Issue 6, February 11, 2009
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 5, February 4, 2009
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 5, February 4, 2009
As we first reported in Mac’s Safety Space on Tuesday, an internal guide given to surveyors...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 4, January 28, 2009
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Hospital Safety Connection, 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 Connection, Issue 3, January 21, 2009
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 2, January 14, 2009
Don’t forget that as of January 1, safety competency requirements for staff members have...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 1, January 7, 2009
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 1, January 7, 2009
Speaking of Joint Commission compliance, platinum subscribers to the Hospital Safety Center now...
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Hospital Safety Connection, 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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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
As of January 1, 2009, The Joint Commission will break out emergency management into its own...
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Hospital Safety Connection, 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 Connection, 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 Connection, Issue 51, December 17, 2008
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 50, December 9, 2008
Hospital safety officers have long been familiar with required hazard surveillance rounds required...
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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 50, December 9, 2008
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Hospital Safety Connection, 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 Connection, 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 Connection, Issue 48, December 3, 2008
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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
You’ve probably spent a good chunk of this year getting ready for 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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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 45, November 25, 2008
Last week, you may have read an article in this publication about a fire at Olive View-UCLA Medial...
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Hospital Safety Connection, 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 Connection, 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 Connection, 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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Hospital Safety Connection, Issue 46, November 5, 2008
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Hospital Safety Connection, 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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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 33, September 2, 2008
A state psychiatric hospital in North Carolina has lost its Joint Commission accreditation in part...