Newsletter Articles A series of recent electrical grid failures, including a massive transformer station explosion in New York City and nationwide 911 outages, showed what can happen when the grid goes haywire—and demonstrated the need for solid backup plans. This article is an excerpt from the HCPro book The Life Safety Code® Workbook and Study Guide by Jennifer O’Connell and John Helton. Visit http://hcmarketplace.com/life-safety-code-workbook for more information. Editor’s note: In this guest column, Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, laboratory safety officer for Sentara Healthcare, a multihospital system in Virginia, and otherwise known as “Dan, the Lab Safety Man,” discusses the important issues that affect your job every day. Mac's Safety Space Over the last couple of weeks, the folks at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (we know them by the cleverly acronymic CMS) have been busy generating lots of guidance for the folks in the field, healthcare organizations and surveyors alike. Editor's Picks March 12, 2019 Is All of Your Team In The Know? Our weekly e-newsletters can keep your team abreast of up-to-date industry information; including expert analysis where you need it most. Subscribe to any -- or all -- of our e-newsletters. |