Safety Management
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.
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…
ASHE: Managing Hospital Emergency Power Systems: Testing, Operation, Maintenance, Vulnerability Miti
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…
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…
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…
As deadlines approach for complying with OSHA's GHS-aligned Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom 2012), environmental health and safety (EH&S) professionals' questions are becoming tougher. To better prepare you, this session examines questions frequently asked by informed EH&S…