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This tool helps determine the appropriate special locking arrangement to permit compliant egress in the event of a fire alarm activation.

This risk assessment tool has been developed to help health care facility staff comply with the risk-based, patient-focused approach described by the 2021 version of NFPA 99: Health Care Facilities Code.

Get ready for CMS surveys with our Hospital CMS Tag Checklists and Crosswalks. Download our resources now to ensure compliance and safety in your facility.

The Joint Commission (TJC) introduced changes to the Emergency Management (EM) standards which became effective on July 1, 2022.

Use this self-assessment tool to prepare your non-hospital business occupancies for survey by accreditations organizations.

ASHE ICRA 2.0™ includes several improvements and clarifications to help in prevention planning for construction projects.

Help prepare your facility for adverse weather-related events through this article and adverse weather checklist available to ASHE members.

This water management tool is a gap analysis worksheet to assist facilities in implementing and maintaining a compliant water management program.

ASHE has acknowledged proven best practices and partnered with health care professionals to provide a tool to enable health care organizations to manage their most valuable assets. This will aid users in articulating a risk assessment model, and it will provide a comprehensive explanation of how the model enables organizations to maintain compliance.Download the Tool

Learn how to locate potential hazards during a fire watch with our comprehensive checklist and guidelines. Ensure the safety of your premises.

Classification schemas are designed to provide health care planners, designers, and operators with a common nomenclature, and to generate these benefits for health care facilities departments.

Delay inspection, testing, and maintenance requirements during COVID-19. Download the waiver template and recommendations table.

This tool is no longer available.Designing and installing new special locking arrangements can be a challenging process, and assessing existing locking arrangements for compliance is often even more challenging.

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).

This downloadable Word document is a sample monthly log for maintaining special ventilation rooms.DOWNLOAD NOW