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"The second edition of this monograph (2020) summarizes storage requirements for medical gas cylinders, including bulk tank storage, in health care occupancies. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and accrediting organizations (AOs) require compliance with the 2012 editions of NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code and NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®, therefore this monograph references those editions of the codes."

Every facilities manager, design engineer, code enforcement official, etc. knows by heart a particular line of code they want changed. However, for many reasons including, lack of time, lack of understanding the process, or thinking someone else will change it, so few are proactive in the code/standard development process. Being proactive in the code development process doesn’t mean that an individual must sit on a technical committee, hold advanced knowledge about a particular subject, or even be a member of the standard development organization (SDO).

Speaker: Tom Stewart and Jonathan FlanneryThe day-to-day operations of the health care environment can be overwhelming and intimidating to the point of paralysis. This session provides insight into managing the patient care environment and ensuring success as a leader in the field of health care engineering. Topics discussed include leadership skills, effective maintenance and operational strategies, and available resources.

This video by American Society for Health Care Engineering members at Baptist Health in Conway, Ark., teaches health care facility managers to work with hospital staff to ensure a joyous – and safe – holiday season.

We will explore how to mitigate the risk of Legionella and other waterborne pathogens from POE to POU including the pros and cons of different solutions and the numerous factors that should be considered to create and implement the best solutions for your building's fit into your water management plan.

In this video a clean storage room is closely examined. Can you identify the infection control, life safety, and environment of care issues?

In this video a nurse's station is very active during a typical day. Can you identify the infection control, life safety, and environment of care issues?

In this video an environmental services employee accesses his cart and proceeds to clean the patient corridor. Can you identify the infection control, life safety, and environment of care issues?

In this video a nurse enters a patient's room to check on the patient during typical rounding. Can you identify the infection control, life safety, and environment of care issues?

Prioritizing the strategic modernization of the essential electrical systems in health care facilities is important.

USP compliance is essential for health care facilities. Protect workers and patients by following guidelines for handling hazardous drugs.

This monograph describes a literature study of the 886 requirements defined in ANSI/ASHE/ASHRAE Standard 170 Ventilation of Health Care Facilities to determine which requirements are supported by engineering and/or scientific evidence.

- In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) adopted new Conditions of Participation that incorporated the 2012 editions of NFPA 101 and NFPA 99. CMS recently provided ASHE with the following guidance on some frequently asked questions regarding the new CMS requirements.

ASHE’s “Life Safety Decommissioning Tool” breaks down a number of life safety features no longer required by code, as well as recommendations to either decommission or maintain these features.

Speakers: Catherine Gow, James Snyder and Lynn Lang Identify how populations are best served via community-based health care access to specialty care, and the care of medical conditions is improved by the quality within the community.    

Tuesday, July 16, 2019Speakers: Dennis Ford, Mike Mango and Tyler GreenwoodThe Joint Commission is focusing on the certification process for pharmacy sterile compounding clean rooms in 2018-2019 surveys. The Central Division of Atrium Health was surveyed in 2018 and conducted a multidisciplinary review of requirements, roles, and responsibilities around clean rooms. This session presents a resulting road map to developing a program for continual certification. 

Monday, July 15, 2019Speakers: Fran Charney and Mike ZorichASHE and ASHRM have developed tools and resources to help members understand and implement USP <800> standards. The session covers physical environment compliance with the chapter and introduces a new ASHE monograph and ASHRM checklist (both available here), which will teach and guide readers through changes needed to keep patients, staff and visitors safe. 

Speakers: Tim Adams, Sue Andersen, Kathy Tolomeo, David M. Sine, Kathryn PetrovicThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as well as the Joint Commission and other accrediting organizations are placing an increased emphasis on assessing risks and providing a physical environment consistent with the identified risks. This session focuses on the process of risk assessment and mitigation of behavioral health patient safety physical risks.