Maintenance and Operations

Speakers: Walt Vernon and Jason D’AntonaThis session discusses how the evolution of demand factors for health care facility electrical systems have become irrelevant to today‘s health care facilities field.  
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…
This Useful Service Life (USL) Assessment Tool and Facilities Condition Index (FCI) Calculator tool will allow you to calculate your infrastructure health.
This checklist can be used to gather data on requirements of new health care construction and major renovation projects.
This training video provides a brief explanation on how temperature and relative humidity affect one another.How to buy/build your own beaker set 
There are currently many different methods for determining the square footage of health care facilities. This monograph outlines a much-needed standard method for calculating the area of health care spaces.