Newsletter headlines Healthcare workers should know they need to be on their best behavior when a surveyor from The Joint Commission rolls through their healthcare facility. But now, after a significant rule change went into effect in 2018, all it takes is one hand hygiene slipup for a TJC surveyor to slap your organization with a citation.  Each month, Brad Keyes, CHSP, owner of Keyes Life Safety Compliance, answers your questions about life safety compliance. Our editorial advisory board also reviews the Q&A column. This month's topics include ambulatory healthcare occupancy fire drills, locks on bathroom doors, fire damper removal, and more. It’s one thing to have a good emergency plan available, but yet another to put it into action. Hospitals in general aim to stay operational during an emergency, but what do you do when you literally look on the horizon and see one of the biggest wildfires in California’s history coming right for your facility?
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