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NEW SEMINAR! Life Safety Code® Solutions for Hospitals, September 24-25, Boston
You told us you needed more in-depth Life Safety Code education and a better understanding of how it applies to Joint Commission compliance, and now HCPro presents a new seminar to answer your concerns. During Life Safety Code Solutions for Hospitals: Essential Strategies to Achieve Compliance, you will learn how to stay in continual compliance with the 2000 edition of the Life Safety Code and take away best practices for related survey preparedness. Safety experts Brad Keyes, CHSP, of The Greeley Company and James Murphy of consulting firm MRF, Ltd., will discuss building assessments, interim life safety measures, clarifying life safety survey citations, and much more. Register by July 24 and save $100 off our regular registration price. Special team discounts are also available.	Countdown to Conference Days to the Event
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	Thank you for making Briefings on Hospital Safety the leading independent source for Joint Commission and OSHA regulations in hospitals since 1993. This monthly resource provides safety committees with crucial information and guidance about the EC standards, emergency management, worker safety, fire protection, environmental regulations, and much more. Top Stories: Hospital Safety Center Symposium: Grab EC success from new scoring, staff training ideas Not quite a disaster, but more than a regular drill Analysis from the field: FAA intends to publish new medical flight regulation Think broadly about who faces toxic drug exposure Prevent pharmacy violence: Take inventory seriously and educate staff Healthcare Security Alert: Surviving security budget cuts in a recession (August 2009 issue)


	For 10 years, Hospital Safety Connection has provided thousands of readers with FREE late-breaking regulatory news and timely tips about hospital safety, all designed with your fast-paced jobs in mind. This Week’s News: Joint Commission test appears to conflict with NFPA 25 Hospital briefly locks down following Michael Jackson's death Important ethylene oxide sterilizer deadline hits this week Security officer allegedly plans massive computer attack Mac’s Safety Space: Don’t park your wheeled computers in egress corridorsMac’s Safety Space: Don’t park your wheeled computers in egress corridors Mac’s Safety Space: Risk assessments offer good foundation for OR extinguisher choice Tip of the week: Follow-up ideas about duct tape on decon suits Tip of the week: Review The Joint Commission's updated info about steam sterilization

Mac’s Safety Space

The one blog hospital safety professionals need to read

Whether you're an experienced safety professional or new to the field, Mac's Safety Space blog provides daily updates, advice, and humor from Steve MacArthur, safety consultant at The Greeley Company and an interim hospital safety officer. And you can share your thoughts with Mac using our easy comments box.

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No BMP coming in 2010, says George Mills Risk assessments offer good foundation for OR extinguisher choice Follow-up about computers-on-wheels in corridors

Forms Library

A comprehensive library of sample forms and policies that is fully downloadable with your Platinum membership, and customizable to suit your needs. Why re-invent the wheel? Click here to take a look at the list of time-saving tools you can use...Non-members can view the list and download a free sample document!

New Forms:

Sample policy on Taser use (Free) Checklist of NIMS elements for healthcare Details about fire alarm transmission methods

Safety Talk

Safety Talkers post regulatory questions, get answers and advice from their peers across the country, and swap sample forms that have worked for them. Click here to view the fully searchable archives.

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Life Safety Compliance Manual

Includes a bonus CD-ROM that’s loaded with electronic versions of all the tools and forms in the manual.

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NEW SEMINAR! Life Safety Code® Solutions for Hospitals, September 24-25, Boston

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