Compliance and Operations
COMPLIANCE + OPERATIONS
Questions to answer when developing an evacuation plan.
COMPLIANCE + OPERATIONS
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has published advice on evacuation planning.
DESIGN
Categorizing items as noncritical, semicritical or critical brings efficiency to processing workflow.
ADVOCACY ADVISER
How to propose a new Underwriters Laboratories standard or suggest changes to an existing one.
CHECKLIST
Plus: NFPA standards open for public comment, CDC issues Ebola preparedness reminder.
INTERVIEW
Therese Poland of AAAHC discusses design and engineering challenges facing ambulatory care facilities.
CHECKLIST
Plus: New hazardous waste rule and a recent report on health care-associated conditions.
ASHE TOOLS
Deciding when and how to bring code-required testing and inspection in-house.
ADVOCACY ADVISER
A list of noteworthy revisions up for approval for the next edition of NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code.
COMPLIANCE + OPERATIONS
Three cases that resulted in inaccurate lists of deficiencies after fire and smoke door inspections.