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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.

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

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.

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

Door Inspection Tool 2019.

Health facility managers should start with an accurate inventory of all fire alarm and suppression devices to assure that the requirements are met. ASHE has created a sample template to track the inventory and compare it against testing completed throughout the year.

This document provides a comparison of the regulations applicable to most hospitals. It is important to verify the editions of the codes and standards that are applicable in your jurisdiction. Some jurisdictions may have adopted a different edition of the building code for construction. Many states have adopted other editions of the NFPA’s Life Safety Code®. For additional information, contact your state agency responsible for licensing hospitals.