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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.

Watts Water Technologies is committed to helping the field shift into confidence going forward. This presentation will examine essential steps a building water management team or team of one should consider in order to maintain water quality and safety in plumbing systems of unused or slightly used buildings.

ASHE's medical air testing tool is the key to a reliable and efficient medical gas system.

Airflow control is a critical component of creating and maintaining a safe and healing healthcare environment. This webinar will provide an overview of different control valve options including damper-style valves, Venturi air valves, and measured airflow valves. Attendees will learn which valve type is best for various scenarios and how to apply lessons learned to future projects.

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.

Behind every wall, under every floor and in virtually every ceiling in a hospital you will find pipes. They are often forgotten because we rarely see them, but they could be described as the circulatory system of a building, delivering and disposing of vital fluids and gasses of this living and breathing environment.

The pre-disaster self-assessment consists of an assessment of critical infrastructure and an estimate of evacuation time.

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.

A guide for planning for and carrying out recovery measures to restore operational capabilities to appropriate post-COVID-19 pandemic levels.

Thomas Smith. This webinar will provide an overview of the newly updated Security Design Guidelines for Health Care Facilities. The 2020 edition has updated material throughout and new subject matter has been added including ED-based behavioral health facilities, long-term care facilities, and standalone emergency, urgent care and surgical care facilities.