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Recorded May 24, 2016This webinar was jointly offered by ASHE and the Association for the Healthcare Environment.

Recorded October 29, 2015This webinar explains how a well-designed emergency power system can help health care facilities provide uninterrupted patient care and comfort during routine power outages—as well as during unplanned outages.Sponsored by

Recorded October 28, 2015This webinar introduces viewers to the idea that the built environment and influence organizational culture and that the confluence of the two factors can have a significant impact on patient satisfaction.  

Use this HVA tool to assist your multidisciplinary group in assessing and prioritizing exercises for potential hazards/risk.

Speaker: George Mills, MBA, FASHE, CEM, CHFM, CHSP, Director of Engineering, Department of Engineering, The Joint Commission

Ensure the safety of your patients with a proper risk assessment of medical equipment. ASHE's monograph provides insights and best practices.

The emergency power supply system (EPSS) is a critical hospital system, and its failure to function in a power outage can have tragic results. Not all authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) look at documentation of weekly inspections. Nonetheless, a weekly visual inspection is highly recommended.This checklist is based on charts in the Annex of the 2013 edition of NFPA 110: Standard for Emergency and Standby Power Systems.

This monograph describes an EPS management program that will equip health care facilities to meet the requirements and challenges they face today.

Speakers: Bob Bedard, Gordon Burrill, Eileen ClarksonHealth care facilities-acquired infections (HAIs) have become a key focus for many health care organizations and regulatory authorities. Often, HAIs are caused by pathogens deposited during construction that occurred years or even decades ago and are raised during renovation and maintenance activities. Implementing innovative construction techniques during new construction can significantly reduce and potentially eliminate these legacy HAIs. 

Recorded December 4, 2013Speaker: Mike Daniel, President of Daniel Consulting, Ltd.This webinar provides a brief overview of the 2012 edition of NFPA 101: Life Safety Code® with specific emphasis on health care occupancy chapters. General information related to chapter content and requirements will be discussed, but the main focus of the session will be on major changes between the 2000 and 2012 editions of NFPA 101 and their benefit to health care facilities.

Speakers: Steve Spaanbroek, Hank Wheeler & Mark EtheridgeWhen natural disasters challenge the delivery of patient care, the infrastructure of a health care facility becomes more important than ever. In this session, two individuals whose health care facilities were severely affected by natural disasters will discuss how their organizations prepared for, responded to, and are now planning ahead for out-of-the ordinary events — be it a storm, a rapid influx of patients, or the failure of a utility that supports the facility.

This literature review looks at the effects of room ventilation rates on airborne disease transmission in health care facilities.

Lessons learned from the perspective of health care facility managers, clinicians, and executive staffSpeaker: ASHEIn 2011 a tornado in Joplin, Missouri, devastated a community, including Mercy hospital. Mercy’s incredible story offers an opportunity to assess your facility’s emergency preparedness and to use their lessons learned to better prepare for potential future emergencies. 

Speakers: David Stymiest and Jason D'AntonaDOWNLOAD PRESENTATION  

Improve your hospital's electrical infrastructure, power system reliability, and staff training with the utility management program approach.

This monograph explores the role of the health care environment in infection control, provides information on common pathogens, and gives details on strategies to reduce health care-associated infections.