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CMS Adoption of the 2012 Edition of NFPA 99 and What It Means for Health Care Facilities Thursday, September 15

Two principles for air-conditioning operating rooms are that air should be supplied at the ceiling, in a unidirectional or laminar air pattern, and that higher air change rates result in lower bacte­rial counts within the room. However, these principles are applied along a wide spectrum, and ongoing research is being conducted to optimize air distribution airflow patterns and quantities.

Speakers: Tim Adams, FASHE, CHFM, CHC, Director of Leadership Development, American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE); and Chad E. Beebe, AIA, CHFM, CFPS, CBO, SASHE, Deputy Executive Director of Advocacy, American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE)

Speaker: Jonathan Hart, Senior Fire Protection Engineer, NFPA This session provides an overview of NFPA 101: Life Safety Code®. The overview includes how to generally navigate the code, where to find specific issues, and how the sections are applicable once found. Topics covered include occupancy classification, components of the means of egress, doors, suites, interior finish, and more. Other NFPA codes and standards applicable to health care facility managers will be referenced. Learning Outcomes:

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Speaker: Jonathan R. Hart, Senior Fire Protection Engineer for the NFPA This session provides an overview of NFPA 99:Health Care Facilities Code. This session includes how to generally navigate the code, where to find specific issues, and how the sections are applicable once found. Topics to be covered include risk assessments, medical gas and vacuum systems, essential electrical system, emergency management, and more. Other NFPA codes and standards referenced by NFPA 99 will be discussed. Learning Outcomes:

This session provides a detailed look at the many codes and standards that health care engineers must know to have a successful, code-compliant facility.

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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 professionals regarding OSHA's adoption of GHS, the resulting changes to requirements for labels and safety data sheets (SDSs), OSHA's HazCom 2012 phased-in compliance deadlines, chemical classification, SDS authoring, and other critical topics.

Speaker: George Mills, MBA, FASHE, CEM, CHFM, CHSP, Director of Engineering, Department of Engineering, The Joint Commission

The ASHE CMS State Operations Manual Appendix A Crosswalk provides A-Tag information along with the related codes and standards applicable to the requirements for each A-Tag. To ensure that the tool is relevant to health care facility professionals, it focuses specifically on A-Tag requirements that affect the physical environment.

Geared toward those who are new to accreditation, this session provides an overview of the Joint Commission survey process. This presentation was recorded in July 2013.

Speakers: George Mills, MBA, FASHE, CEM, CHFM, CHSP, Director of Engineering, Department of Engineering, The Joint Commission

Tool for Assessing Compliance with Joint Commission Life Safety Specialist Areas of Emphasis This checklist can be used to help evaluate a facility's compliance with certain elements of the 2010 Joint Commission Environment of Care and Life Safety standards that might be reviewed by a Life Safety Specialist Surveyor.

Speakers: Moderator: Chad E.

Recorded June, 2016 Speaker: Tim Adams This video outlines changes made in 2016 to the CMS Conditions of Participation regulating health care facilities. ASHE members can share this resource with others, including health care executives within their facilities, to explain the codes and standards process and outline major changes recently made by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.  

Speakers Ronald Gorham, Frank Peropat

Recorded December 4, 2013 Speaker: 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 requirements will be discussed, but the main focus of the session will be on major changes between the 2000 and 2012 editions of NFPA 101 and their benefit to health care facilities.

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