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This risk assessment tool has been developed to help health care facility staff comply with the risk-based, patient-focused approach described by the 2021 version of NFPA 99: Health Care Facilities Code.

This tool leverages existing core infection control risk assessment (ICRA) principles to establish a framework for water safety management during health care construction and renovation projects.

ASHE ICRA 2.0™ includes several improvements and clarifications to help in prevention planning for construction projects.

Use this HVA tool to assist your multidisciplinary group in assessing and prioritizing exercises for potential hazards/risk.

Use this tool to assess your level of adoption of the most common energy conservation measures.

These crosswalks allow facility professionals to understand how the accreditation standards align with the CMS Conditions of Participation (CoP’s) and Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and how these align with the adopted codes and standards. The crosswalks provide a comparison of the regulations applicable to most hospitals. This will allow facility professionals to better understand the standards and requirements and thus better prepare for survey evaluations within the physical environment.

This tool helps facilities managers apply the tactics of building system maintenance to infection control by identifying opportunities for infection risk during rounding.

The Joint Commission (TJC) introduced changes to the Emergency Management (EM) standards which became effective on July 1, 2022.

Use this self-assessment tool to prepare your non-hospital business occupancies for survey by accreditations organizations.

Help prepare your facility for adverse weather-related events through this article and adverse weather checklist available to ASHE members.

This template is designed to help establish training guidelines for staff at every level of the organization, from new hires to those in management and supervisor roles.

This tool is a draft policy to foster communication between key stakeholders affected by temperature and humidity in a sterile setting and the effects on patient safety.

This water management tool is a gap analysis worksheet to assist facilities in implementing and maintaining a compliant water management program.

This ASHE tool provides stepwise guidance for implementing PdM and recommends using reliability-centered maintenance to prioritize new PdM projects. 

This tool is intended to help facilities professionals make good decisions about psychiatric unit toilet room renovations.

This tool can be used to help facility professionals identify and document the amount of resources required for a project.