Engineering Compliance
REGULATORY
The surveyor guidance affects two Conditions of Participation on patients’ rights and the physical environment.
ASHE COMPLIANCE TOOL
Engaging a multidisciplinary team in the task of risk assessment will help to uncover facility hazards.
ADVOCACY ADVISER
Configurations for medical gas storage rooms must follow a stringent design protocol to ensure safety .
COMPLIANCE
An examination of the most common survey nonconformities cited by DNV Healthcare.
ADVOCACY ADVISER
Complying with fire and life safety testing requirements starts with selecting the right leadership and team.
CHECKLIST
Plus: HHS shares clean energy resource, FGI Guidelines commenting period closing, HHS shares cyber resiliency report.
REGULATORY
Thinking holistically about health care design will safeguard from using building codes as a prescriptive formula .
CHECKLIST
Plus: CMS allows microgrid systems, FCC opens comments on rural telehealth, The Joint Commission releases sentinel event data.
ADVOCACY ADVISER
Following the requirements of NFPA 25 will ensure fire pumps function as designed .
REGULATORY
Recent guidance details requirements for several health care physical environment aspects as blanket waivers expire.