Enhance Your Maintenance & Operations Competency
Maintaining critical systems and efficient facility operations while ensuring a safe and compliant physical environment in health care requires a comprehensive understanding of best practices in asset management, prioritization of maintenance and staff training, as well as capturing actionable data from day-to-day operations to inform decision making.
Critical skills for this competency include:
- Accurate prioritization of maintenance activities/strategies in accordance with best practice guidance, manufacturers’ recommendations and industry standards
- Ensuring asset management programs allow for system uptime through reliability-centered maintenance leasing and bidding
- Maintaining a clear inventory of all assets and prioritization of maintenance strategy
- Training staff to be able to maintain equipment and the spaces that equipment serves
- Operating with safe work practices
Training and Resources
Maintenance & Operations Education
Door Inspection and Maintenance Workshop
Live education
This program will help ensure you are in compliance when surveyed, and will help you confidently discuss your door maintenance program when surveyors visit.
Quick Training: Steam Trap Maintenance & Inspection Course
e-Learning
Experience a live demonstration of step-by-step steam trap inspection, testing and maintenance while reviewing the different components of the trap itself and the function of each.
Quick Training: Annual Visual Sprinkler Inspection
e-Learning
This course will test your knowledge on the types of problems that may be encountered during an annual visual sprinkler system inspection.
Quick Training: Air Handling Unit Inspection Checklist
e-Learning
Obtain the knowledge to list and perform inspection tasks recommended for proper and routine Air Handling Unit Maintenance.
Building an Effective Medical Gas Compliance Program
On-Demand webinar
Learn the overall function of a medical gas system and NFPA 99-2012’s requirements for each component of a piped medical gas system.
Electrical Systems for Health Care Facilities Program
e-Learning
Increase your understanding of health care facilities’ highly-specialized electrical systems, which are the lifeblood of care operations.
Maintenance & Operations Publications and Tools
Maintenance Management for Health Care Facilities
Book
This book outlines cost-effective maintenance procedures to ensure equipment operates properly, safely, and economically.
Mechanical Systems Handbook for Health Care Facilities
Book
Get detailed information on the design, operation and maintenance of a facility’s mechanical systems — including HVAC, air-handing systems and other powerhouse equipment.
Internal Inspections Tool for Facilities Staff
Tool
This tool can help facilities managers determine which inspections and tests can be completed in-house and the possible cost benefits of each.
Evaluating Electrical Distribution Equipment to Determine Replacement Needs
Monograph
Learn strategies for replacing and upgrading an electrical distribution system to ensure it is code-compliant and logical.
Physical Environment Provisions of USP <797> “Pharmaceutical Compounding – Sterile Preparations” Third Edition
Monograph
This resource outlines best practices for complying with the latest updates to USP General Chapter <797>.
Lockout/Tagout Tools
Tool
Proper lockout/tagout (LOTO) practices and procedures safeguard workers from hazardous energy releases. These tools can help facility managers kick-start that documentation process.