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	<title>Mac&#039;s Safety Space &#187; Security</title>
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		<title>Don’t sacrifice patient comfort for drill realism</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/11/don%e2%80%99t-sacrifice-patient-comfort-for-drill-realism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve MacArthur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emergency management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was discussing emergency management scenarios involving a bomb threat and whether such exercises needed to include the movement of actual patients.
I don&#8217;t think it’s unreasonable to craft an exercise that does not involve the relocation of patients. While I can appreciate that the more &#8220;real&#8221; you can be during an exercise, the better, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor stabbed: When something goes wrong, security feels the heat</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/10/doctor-stabbed-when-something-goes-wrong-security-feels-the-heat/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/10/doctor-stabbed-when-something-goes-wrong-security-feels-the-heat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Wallask</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk assessments]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston finds itself in the unenviable position of trying to deal with a pair of high-profile security incidents within the past nine days. Last week, a released sex offender allegedly attacked a female employee, following her into a restroom in the main hospital, banging her head into the floor, and attempting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ultimate fighting star&#8217;s alleged assaults reinforce the danger of healthcare work</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/10/ultimate-fighting-stars-alleged-assaults-reinforce-the-danger-of-healthcare-work/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/10/ultimate-fighting-stars-alleged-assaults-reinforce-the-danger-of-healthcare-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Wallask</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Las Vegas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The subject of workplace violence in hospitals rose out of the weeds again yesterday with word that a Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) star had been arrested for allegedly assaulting three nurses at a hospital in Nevada on Tuesday.
Fighter Junie Browning, who was fired by UFC following his arrest, originally went to St. Rose Dominican Hospital&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulatory gray areas around this series of less-than-best practices</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/09/regulatory-gray-areas-around-this-series-of-less-than-best-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/09/regulatory-gray-areas-around-this-series-of-less-than-best-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve MacArthur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joint Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hazardous materials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was asked about a clean utility room that is also an electrical storage closet, which contains electrical panels, many wires, and oxygen cylinder storage against the wires.
It sounds like the organization had to make use of the available space for its network cabling, and while this is not an optimal environment of care practice, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Think about steps to thwart not just infant abductions, but kidnappings of older kids</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/09/think-about-steps-to-thwart-not-just-infant-abductions-but-kidnappings-of-older-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/09/think-about-steps-to-thwart-not-just-infant-abductions-but-kidnappings-of-older-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve MacArthur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joint Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[staff education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is some indication that there is at least one Joint Commission surveyor who is very keen to see what processes are in place to avoid potential abductions of children in the 12+ age range (I tend to think of them as adolescents as a general descriptor).
While environment of care standard EC.02.01.01, EP 9 does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>H1N1 call brings up hospital access control, sick employees</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/08/h1n1-call-brings-up-hospital-access-control-sick-employees/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/08/h1n1-call-brings-up-hospital-access-control-sick-employees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Wallask</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CDC/infection control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergency management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[infection control]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I listened in on a CMS open forum conference call this afternoon about H1N1 preparedness in healthcare facilities, and the topic of infection control in hospitals came up.
A CDC representative noted that within the agency&#8217;s interim recommendations for infection control of H1N1 patients, certain provisions have taken the spotlight, such as use of N95 respirators [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Security best practices noted at the ASHE conference</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/08/security-best-practices-noted-at-the-ashe-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/08/security-best-practices-noted-at-the-ashe-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Wallask</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just sat in on a great session by hospital security expert Fred Roll of Healthcare Security Consultants. Here are a few tidbits from his presentation:

Make sure any hospital security vehicles flash their overhead lights at all times. Seeing the lights makes the public at least feel safer.
Eliminate the words &#8220;ensure,&#8221; &#8220;assure,&#8221; and &#8220;insure&#8221; from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walking free and clear into a locked behavioral unit</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/07/walking-free-and-clear-into-a-locked-behavioral-unit/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/07/walking-free-and-clear-into-a-locked-behavioral-unit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Wallask</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[staff education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t help but think of all the security officers out there when I heard a story from a friend over the weekend who went to visit a patient at a locked behavioral unit in a suburban hospital.
As my friend approached the unit, someone coming out of it held open the door for her, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Generic ID badges are okay for medical students in your hospital</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/07/generic-id-badges-are-okay-for-medical-students-in-your-hospital/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/07/generic-id-badges-are-okay-for-medical-students-in-your-hospital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve MacArthur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/?p=1693</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of my colleagues and I were talking recently about what to do with ID badges for medical students who are only on site for a week or two.
You could make up a batch of generic student badges without names for the more temporary folks. That said, I don&#8217;t think I would advise giving them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Jackson&#8217;s death forces hospital into a lockdown</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/06/michael-jackson-death-forces-hospital-into-a-lockdown/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/06/michael-jackson-death-forces-hospital-into-a-lockdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Wallask</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emergency management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi folks, it&#8217;s Scott Wallask. I was chatting by e-mail with Vernon Goodwin, security director at UCLA Health System in Los Angeles, about the hundreds of people that gathered outside UCLA Medical Center after Michael Jackson&#8217;s body arrived at the hospital last Thursday.
Goodwin told me the medical center went into lockdown mode, at which point [...]]]></description>
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