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	Mac’s Safety Space: Be cautious about handcuff use, because CMS rules are clear EMAIL THIS STORY \| PRINT THIS STORY \| SUBSCRIBE \| ARCHIVES February 10, 2010 Join Steve MacArthur, safety consultant for The Greeley Company, as he offers advice and best practices on a variety of hospital safety topics on his blog, Mac’s Safety Space. Mac writes in today’s posting, “Handcuffs are a very dicey thing to undertake at this point in hospitals.”

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