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Richard T. Cotter, MS, Med
Rick has over 25 years experience in providing non-clinical, regulatory compliance and accreditation services to healthcare facilities. His expertise is in the technical areas of life safety, health & safety, hazardous materials, and facilities management coupled with process and performance improvement skills for organizational management.
For 10-years, Rick was the Sr. Vice President for Technical Services at MedSafe, Inc. There he was responsible for managing the technical consulting staff for the accreditation and regulatory compliance services and focused his efforts on The Joint Commission's management of Environment of Care chapters, EPA requirements, OSHA compliance, and hospital decontamination. He also operationalized the MSDSdirect internet-based MSDS management program for MedSafe and currently provides this national service for healthcare facilities under RT Cotter and Associates, Inc. MSDSdirect™ Division. For approximately 12 years prior to MedSafe, Rick worked as a Corporate Executive at Clean Harbors, Inc., a national environmental service company. Among his responsibilities, he managed profit centers dealing with hazardous materials and biological emergencies, hazardous materials transportation systems, a multi-million dollar hazardous materials commercial training program and a Hazardous Material Training Center for chemical spill response.
In 2001, Mr. Cotter acquired the hospital operations and MSDSdirect™ divisions from Medsafe and continues today as president and principal consultant. Rick's pragmatic, cost effective approach toward regulatory compliance is nationally recognized. He is known for the presentations and seminars he conducts for many associations, hospital systems and individual clients.
Rick holds a degree in Biological Sciences (Human Physiology) and graduate degrees in education and environmental sciences, and has been certified in Health and Safety through the OSHA Training Center in Chicago.
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Kenneth McGraw
Ken has been working in the area of facilities management for approximately 30 years, of which 21 years has been at the executive level. Prior to entering facilities management he received an excellent technical background by working in various trade areas and managing his own contracting business specializing in commercial/residential work in the field of HVAC, electrical, plumbing and carpentry.
In addition to a strong management and technical background, Ken also has extensive knowledge in the following areas of compliance:
- The Joint Commission
- OSHA
- Life Safety Code
- EPA
Ken has led numerous Joint Commission surveys as well as OSHA and EPA inspections. Ken's top priority is assuring that the facility is in a constant state of readiness for spot or scheduled inspections.
Mr. McGraw has also led mock Joint Commission Surveys in an effort to better prepare the facility for an actual survey in the areas covering the Environment of Care, and he has a very broad background and extensive knowledge of all areas covered by Joint Commission requirements for standards and compliance.
Ken was previously employed by The Joint Commission in the position of Life Safety Code Specialist. In this position, he surveyed facilities around the country for compliance with Joint Commission standards as they relate to the Environment of Care and the Life Safety Code.
Having spent his entire Healthcare career in the Ohio area, Ken has worked at facilities of varying sizes, including the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, Lake Hospital System, Saint Vincent's Charity Hospital and Medina General Hospital.
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