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Academic Research to Support Facility Guidelines Institute & ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013 by Roger Lautz Dr. Fred Betz Dr. Ehsan Mousavi

The pre-disaster self-assessment consists of an assessment of critical infrastructure and an estimate of evacuation time.

Updated on November 6, 2020 Are you one of the many health care organizations across the country that stopped life safety systems testing, inspections, and maintenance (ITM) because of COVID-19? Have you resumed routine ITM for your facilities yet or are you waiting until your state’s emergency declaration is lifted?

Just Ask ASHE: Q2 2020 Webinar Speaker: ASHE Get trusted answers to your compliance questions from a panel of code experts.  

With the constantly evolving criteria required to address the surge of patients impacted by the COVID-19 virus, there are many options that health care organizations will explore and deploy.

Last updated: April 13, 2020

Speaker: Dennis Ford Texas Children's Hospital created a pressure dependent spaces program that includes adoption of a national standard, a comprehensive master list of pressure dependent spaces, a plan to monitor these spaces, policies to manage repurposing of these spaces, and training of staff.  

Speakers: Bob Bedard, Gordon Burrill, Eileen Clarkson Health care facilities-acquired infections (HAIs) have become a key focus for many health care organizations and regulatory authorities. Often, HAIs are caused by pathogens deposited during construction that occurred years or even decades ago and are raised during renovation and maintenance activities. Implementing innovative construction techniques during new construction can significantly reduce and potentially eliminate these legacy HAIs.  

Speakers: Tim Peglow, Pamela Redden, Richard Rucksdashel, Jayson Casallo This presentation addresses the facility implications in planning for infection transmission prevention, recommendations for developing an infection prevention team, and insights from project leaders.  

Identify the risks in health care settings and how to reduce them by applying fundamental facility design principles related to biocontainment.