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Just Ask ASHE Q2 2023 | Join a panel of code experts to discuss the latest developments on emergency preparedness, CMS and more in regards to codes and standards requirements. Take the opportunity to ask questions that are important to you, your organization and field. The team of experts will share their best approach and highlight the best practices in the field.

Critical Partnerships that Create Success: Infection Prevention and Facility Management

Review peer-reviewed literature on the efficacy and potential for byproduct formation from ions and other chemically additive cleaners.

in this session we will explore the unintended consequences of having so many sinks. We will explore the dynamics of transmission from patient to drain and back to patient. We will present the current understanding of the problem, assess challenges created by antibiotic resistant bacteria in wastewater premise plumbing and explore potential solutions.

Join a panel of code experts to discuss the latest developments in emergency preparedness, CMS and more regarding codes and standards requirements. Take this opportunity to ask questions that are important to you, your organization and the field to learn approaches and best practices from our team of experts.

Panelists will share their approaches to managing heat waves, hurricanes, and wildfires and highlight best practices for creating climate-ready hospitals as anchors for resilient communities.

Jonathan Willard, PMP, LEED-AP, Acute Medical Gas Services. This presentation will review the new requirements for identifying the responsible facility authority and the qualifications necessary for this position, as well as an overview of the Permit-to-Work system.

Jason Beers, Bob Loohauis, Steve Stuebe, Gary Dennis. This session will provide you with a better understanding of the CMS requirements for emergency preparedness for electrical power.

Jonathan Flannery, Fiona Nemetz, MS, CHESP, T-CHEST, T-CSCT, EMHP. Subject matter experts will explain best practices and recommendations on how to keep patient care areas clean and to avoid the spread of the SARs CoV-2 virus through contact; how ventilation systems can help reduce the spread via airborne transmission and how to properly disinfect and clean systems impacted by the virus.

This presentation provides an outline for the first step in the resiliency process: assessing your facility’s vulnerability.

A team approach to survey the kitchen on a routine basis, and know what to look for and ask kitchen staff, is key to preventing a kitchen disaster.

Renee Bryce, Melanie Petherick, Rick Burns. Virginia Mason’s main electrical room (MER) upgrade project team leads (electrical contractor, hospital design/construction and emergency management) will discuss the MER project, methodologies for shutdown risk assessment and planning, improvement strategies, real-time redline as-built document updates and collaboration, communications, tools and templates developed, and lessons learned along the way.

Go beyond simple compliance and ace your survey by excelling in four complex areas.

Nathan Howell, Jerry McPhail, Petra Sarah Wakefield. Join Covenant Health and Texas Tech as they detail their collaborative three-tiered approach to tackling this epidemic and removing the stigma of mental health.

Gaurav Khadse, University of Texas Medical Branch; Zach Mitchell, PhiloWilke Partnership. This session presents a case study that will focus on the efficient design of one of the largest treatment centers for infectious diseases in the United States.

Kathleen Morlang, Kara Brooks, Peter Dahl, Scott Tripp. This webinar is a panel discussion on high-performance building design evaluating design features at some of the most energy-efficient health care facilities across the country.