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Issue 4, February 2, 2012

• Mac's Safety Space: And I'll return to claim your hand - as the King of California

  I generally don’t single out any of the myriad potential demographics of this portion of the...

Issue 5, February 2, 2012

• CEO admits to significant problems to handling discovery of child pornography

  University of Michigan Health System CEO Ora Pescovitz has admitted the health system had...

• Weekly poll: Yes or no on mulitdose vials

  A recent recommended practice for medication safety by the Association of periOperative Registered...

• Safety tip: Transition to a tobacco-free campus

  Before you can successfully transition from a tobacco-free facility to a tobacco-free campus, there...

Issue 4, January 26, 2012

• Study: Workplace exposures put nurses at risk for lost pregnancies

  Nurses exposed to cancer treatment drugs or chemicals used to sterilize medical devices may be at...

• Weekly poll: Workplace safety and performance evaluations

  How important is workplace safety in the written performance evaluations for employees in your...

• Mac’s Safety Space: Breaker, breaker . . .

  Recently I received a question from a colleague regarding a survey finding an RFI under...

• Tip of the week: Be compliant with Bloodborne Pathogen standard

  OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens standard took effect in March 1992 and was designed to protect...

Issue 3, January 19, 2012

• "Wall fountains" may be spreading Legionnaires to patients, visitors

  The calming, soothing modern-style wall fountains found in many hospitals may be getting patients...

• Weekly poll: Workplace safety now and then

  The results from a survey by the American Nurses Association that shows improvement in workplace...

• Mac's Safety Space: From the muddy banks of compliance

  Let’s break from form a little bit and start with a question: How often are you (and by you...

• Tip of the week: Positively change safety climate in your facility

  A new study published in BMJ Quality and Safety in October 2011 shows that "climate" is a...

Issue 2, January 12, 2012

• State health officials will not investigate heightened security during celebrity’s delivery

  Shortly after famous pop singer Beyonce Knowles gave birth at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital on...

• Mac's Safety Space: In your eyes-- the light, the heat . . . the chemicals?

  A couple of weeks ago, a client was asking me about who should be performing the weekly checks of...

• Weekly poll: The Feds and healthcare worker mandatory flu shots

  A post about Recommendations on Strategies to Achieve the Healthy People 2020 Annual Goal of 90...

• Tip of the week: Prepare for the unthinkable

  As many emergency planners already know, The Joint Commission asks facilities to identify their top...

Issue 1, January 5, 2012

• Triaging and treating during disaster

  Physicians facing medical disasters will face ethical concerns not always taught during emergency...

• Weekly poll: Prediction on bloodborne pathogens exposures

  How well will your facility do in preventing occupational bloodborne pathogens exposures in...

• Mac’s Safety Space: Now be thankful?

  As we begin 2012, I am curious as to how folks fared with their EC programs last year (2011...

• Tip of the week: Find guidance for surgical fire prevention

  No surgery is risk-free, but some surgeries are more high risk than others.  Materials that...