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A team approach to survey the kitchen on a routine basis, and know what to look for and ask kitchen staff, is key to preventing a kitchen disaster.

The Joint Commission is now stressing the need to maximize technology during surveys to minimize contact. Many hospitals around the country still believe that surveyors prefer paper documentation and have resisted the move to electronic document management. Educate yourself on the facts, and get ready for virtual surveys as the new normal by learning from Joint Commission veterans George Mills and Jason Beers.

Renee Bryce, Melanie Petherick, Rick Burns. Virginia Mason’s main electrical room (MER) upgrade project team leads (electrical contractor, hospital design/construction and emergency management) will discuss the MER project, methodologies for shutdown risk assessment and planning, improvement strategies, real-time redline as-built document updates and collaboration, communications, tools and templates developed, and lessons learned along the way.

This session will cover the process of implementing a barrier management protocol. We will discuss what quality standard operating practice for barriers could look like and additional tools that can be used to achieve compliance.

This presentation first examines available VR tools and assessments given varying user group dynamics.

From the 2020 PDC Webinar Series. Identify the key decision points when evaluating whether to have your central sterile department on campus or to relocate to an off-site location, and more.

Dive into the term Level of Development (LOD) as it relates to Building Information Modeling (BIM) content creation.

Airflow control is a critical component of creating and maintaining a safe and healing healthcare environment. This webinar will provide an overview of different control valve options including damper-style valves, Venturi air valves, and measured airflow valves. Attendees will learn which valve type is best for various scenarios and how to apply lessons learned to future projects.

This session will focus on how to successfully integrate NFPA 101-2012, Chapter 43 and NFPA 99-2012, Chapter 4 into a health care organization's construction program.

With so many technologies available to facilities managers, it's critical to use them to effectively manage AEM programs, automate compliance documentation, and optimize maintenance vendor performance.  George Mills will discuss the most impactful ways technology can deliver compliance and operational value in your facilities. 

This session follows up ongoing national benchmarking research on critical access hospitals based on the collaboration between academic researchers, designers, policy makers and FGI.

Nathan Howell, Jerry McPhail, Petra Sarah Wakefield. Join Covenant Health and Texas Tech as they detail their collaborative three-tiered approach to tackling this epidemic and removing the stigma of mental health.