Resource Library

Join Mark Kenneday, Bobby Baird, and Bert Gumringer in an open panel lunch and learn covering best practices for operational sustainability.

ASHE has developed videos for clinicians working in a health care setting covering topics such as negative pressure rooms, AIIRs, room turnovers and air changes per hour, and many more!

This tool is intended to help facilities professionals make good decisions about psychiatric unit toilet room renovations.

Critical Partnerships that Create Success: Infection Prevention and Facility Management

ASHE is pleased to contribute to this critical education and training opportunity and offer resources aimed at optimizing environments of care. 

Allegion’s latest research explores the current state of the hospital market, focusing primarily on security initiatives, COVID-19 mitigation and other key areas of hospital operational management.

From common pre-planning challenges like ICRA collaboration to challenges which often emerge within the first weeks of a project, such as dust and debris containment and ILSM adherence, our panelists will offer actionable advice,

An overview of safety considerations for contractors and electricians working in health care facilities.

A step-by-step guide for developing a comprehensive integrated fire protection and life safety inspection, testing and maintenance (ITM) program for health care facilities. This timely publication will support facilities managers ahead of CMS’s adoption of NFPA 101-2018 (or later), which will require integrated life safety ITM for all high-rise buildings.

Get insights into the regulatory requirements and maintenance recommendations for smoke control systems in hospitals.

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

While zero Legionella in hospital water systems might not be attainable, zero cases of Legionnaires’ disease can be.

Regulations and Interpretive Guidelines for Hospitals) contains all CMS requirements and survey guidance for a hospital alternate equipment maintenance (AEM) program. These risk assessment factors are generally not the same as the more common factors that hospitals have used in the past for utility system risk assessments.

In this webinar, Dr. Thomas Doerdelmann will introduce a new in-air pathogen surveillance solution that can identify the presence of SARS-CoV-2, FLU A&B and/or RSV A&B in indoor air to help you monitor and strengthen facility safety protocols. By attending, you’ll gain an understanding of the aerosol collection technology, the workflow of facility implementation and use case applications.

This course discusses how once basic interior sliding doors systems have evolved into a sophisticated solution for a range of commercial spaces with their ability to attenuate sound, improve wayfinding, comply with ADA requirements and defend against fire.

While Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is not a new tool for disinfection, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought it to the forefront of discussions again. UV radiation, with sufficient intensity and contact time, can inactivate viruses and bacteria through three main approaches: air, water and surface. One of the applications of UV lamp includes being used in HVAC systems.

Strengthen your facility's readiness for compliance surveys with ASHE's Physical Environment Survey Readiness Program. Register now for upcoming live programs!

Walk through the electrical safety roadmap from pre-design through installation and post-installation.

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.

In this webinar, the presenters will review current and proposed CMS/TJC requirements in the context of ASHRAE 188 and will discuss practical implications of the proposed new TJC/CMS requirements for healthcare facilities.