Safety Articles by Topic: Environment of Care
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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 23, June 14, 2012
One question that comes up from time to time in survey encounters with front-line clinical staff is...
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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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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 38, August 30, 2011
A study warns that a lack of safety measures with the highly toxic drugs used in chemotherapy is...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 38, August 30, 2011
A Houston-area family medical practice was evacuated when a blood pressure device fell and leaked...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 38, August 30, 2011
Now that you felt or heard about the 5.8-magnitude earthquake centered near Mineral, VA, on August...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 38, August 30, 2011
This year, healthcare facilities have already dealt with floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, and...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 69, May 19, 2011
At this point, if you’ve been managing your environment for any length of time, you know...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 58, March 3, 2011
The following is an excerpt from the March issue of Briefings on Hospital Safety.
Balance safety...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 41, October 21, 2010
A not uncommon Joint Commission finding (EC.02.03.05 is still in the top five most-cited standards...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 34, September 2, 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
Joint Commission compliance and survey success depend on effective management of the care...
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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 Center, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
A series of subtle switches will affect 21 elements of performance (EP) under 10 of the EC...
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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 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 dangers of Legionella in hospital water systems are well known. Even decorative water fountains...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 21, May 27, 2010
The Joint Commission has followed up its announcement regarding deletion of Measures of Success...
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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
You might be surprised to hear how many EC elements of performance (EP) seem to require...
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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
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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 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
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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 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
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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 14, April 7, 2010
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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
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 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 Insider, Issue 12, March 24, 2010
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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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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
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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 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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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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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 9, March 2, 2010
Joint Commission emergency management standard EM.02.02.11, element of performance (EP) 7, requires...
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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
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
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
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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
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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 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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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
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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
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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
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
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
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 51, December 23, 2009
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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
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance exclusively covers life safety issues in healthcare facilities...
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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
Briefings on Hospital Safety is the industry leader in covering The Joint Commission, OSHA, and...
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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
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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 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 Insider, Issue 43, October 21, 2009
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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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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 Insider, Issue 40, September 30, 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 38, September 16, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 37, September 9, 2009
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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 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 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
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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 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 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
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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 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 24, June 10, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, 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 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 19, May 12, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, 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 Insider, 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 Insider, Issue 11, March 18, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 10, March 11, 2009
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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 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 Insider, 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 Insider, Issue 9, March 4, 2009
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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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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 Insider, 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 Insider, Issue 7, February 18, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, 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 Insider, 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 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 5, February 4, 2009
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Hospital Safety Insider, 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 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
Don’t forget that as of January 1, safety competency requirements for staff members have...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 1, January 7, 2009
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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
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 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
The end of the year brings an important Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) change and new Joint...
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Hospital Safety Insider, Issue 51, December 17, 2008
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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
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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 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 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 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
Authorities in Scranton, PA, are looking for a man who allegedly fondled a patient at Mercy...
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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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Emergency Management Alert, Issue 33, September 2, 2008
A state psychiatric hospital in North Carolina has lost its Joint Commission accreditation in part...
