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Speakers: Bryan Langlands and Kevin Matuszewski Review revisions to the 2018 FGI Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals and Outpatient Facilities, focusing on the sections that address exam/treatment, procedure, operating, and imaging rooms.    

Speakers: Dana Swenson, Wade Rudolph and Doug Erickson Learn about how key factors that influenced changes across the 2018 documents, including the decision to separate hospital and outpatient facilities, to better address the unique requirements for these facility types.    

Speaker: Lennon Peake and Rebecca Morgenstern This session will detail the requirements of the NFPA 101-2012: Life Safety Code® and 2015 International Building Code for locking arrangements and the differences between the requirements contained in the two documents. The session will also discuss in detail the advantages, disadvantages, and appropriateness of the different types of locking arrangements as well as the most common design/installation mistakes associated with each type of arrangement.

Although the primary role of hospital engineering and maintenance staff is to service and maintain the building and equipment, it also plays an important role in preventing infections and other safety issues. By being constantly aware of their surroundings and watching for issues that can increase the risk of infection and other dangers, facility professionals can do even more to improve the safety of their buildings. This checklist provides a guide they can use as they walk through their facilities.

An effective preventive maintenance work flow should begin from the beginning of a construction project. ASHE’s “Construction to Maintenance Work Flow Tool” provides a diagram to help ensure that preventive maintenance operations are ingrained into the building of new facilities.

The performance of hazard surveillance rounds, as it relates to indoor air quality (IAQ), provides a key opportunity to identify IAQ issues. ASHE's “Indoor Air Quality Checklist Tool” can be used to supplement hazard surveillance rounds and incorporate items related to IAQ.

ASHE’s Energy to Care Dashboard Tool offers an at-a-glance view of health care facilities' energy use. Designed to reduce user burden, the Energy to Care dashboard is easy to use.

Find additional resources that will help you reduce energy use and get the most out of the Energy to Care program.

Energy to Care's Sustainability Tips gather real world examples from health care industry professionals to help readers like you thrive in energy sustainability best practices.

This 2 day event brings together health care facilities professionals on a quest to discover low-cost energy savings opportunities at a hospital or clinical site.

Since 2010, over 3,500 facilities have recognized significant energy savings through the Energy to Care program.

The 2015 ASHE Advocacy Report includes articles on improving codes, code compliance, and outreach.

The 2016 ASHE Advocacy Report includes articles on improving codes, code compliance, and outreach.

The 2017 ASHE Advocacy Report includes articles on improving codes, code compliance, and outreach. DOWNLOAD NOW

By Chad Beebe, AIA, SASHE, ASHE Deputy Executive Director of Advocacy

This document explains how to document standards to comply with Joint Commission standard EC.02.03.05. DOWNLOAD NOW

This checklist can help health care facilities inspect fire doors to ensure compliance with Joint Commission standard LS.02.01.10.

This document provides a checklist for hospitals to document the inspection, testing, and maintenance of fire safety equipment and fire safety building systems. DOWNLOAD TOOL    

This downloadable Word document is a policy on maintaining utility system drawings and documents to aid in the shutdown process during emergencies. DOWNLOAD NOW