What is the most dangerous place in your organization?
If you asked a dog the question in the title above, would it say, “Woof”? (Though some might say kitchen…I sometimes do.) I’ve been encountering a fair number of roof-related opportunities and I wanted...
View ArticleTiers of a clown
With all the folderol relating to the changes in the management of life safety conditions in our facilities (Thanks CMS! Thanks TJC!), one of our other favorite regulatory acronyms got into the act...
View ArticleIs you is or is you ain’t a required policy?
Yet another mixed bag this week, mostly from the mailbag, but perhaps some other bags will enter into the conversation. We shall see, we shall see. First up, we have the announcement of a new Joint...
View ArticleWe mean it, man!
I’ve been watching this whole thing unfold for a really long time and I continue to be curious as to when the subject of managing workplace violence moves over into the survey of the physical...
View ArticleI have nothing to say and I’m saying it!
A somewhat funky news item for this week’s bloggy goodness: In the March edition of the American Journal of Infection Control (house organ of APIC), there was a news release sharing the results of a...
View ArticleWhat it is ain’t exactly clear: Hazardous materials management and the SAFER...
I was recently asked to ponder the (relative—all things are relative) preponderance of findings under the Hazardous Materials and Wastes Management standard (EC.02.02.01 for those of you keeping...
View Article’Tis the season…for more emergency management goodness!
Recognizing the somewhat hyperbolic nature of this week’s headline (you need only listen to current news/weather feeds to be able to determine that emergencies are not quite as seasonal as perhaps they...
View ArticleThe other shoe is starting to fall: Moving beyond ligature risks!
Well, it does seem like there are a couple of compliance themes asserting themselves in 2018, concerns related to emergency management (relatively simple in terms of execution and sustainability) and...
View ArticleIn security we trust, insecurity we fear: Are you up for a challenge?
Last week we started noodling on where things might go from a regulatory/accreditation perspective as the dust “settles” relative to the management of behavioral health patients, ligature risks, etc.,...
View ArticleEat, drink, and be safe: Some guidance on the care and feeding of staff
One of the more universal conditions I find is the whole issue of where staff can grab something to eat or drink in the midst of busy periods, particularly when staffing levels don’t necessarily...
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