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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.

Positive vs Negative Operating room and protective isolation = Positive Airborne isolation = Negative When the total CFM from supply air (1&2) > than the return air (3), the room is under positive pressure and the air will flow out of the room. When the CFM from the return air (3) > than the supply air (1&2), the room is under negative pressure and the air will flow into the room

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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.

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

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

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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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Speakers: Anne Guglielmo, CFPS, LEED AP, Engineer and chief FSES reviewer, The Joint Commission; and Chad Beebe, AIA, CHFM, CFPS, CBO, SASHE, Deputy Executive Director of Advocacy, ASHE ACCESS THE ASHE FSES TOOL Recorded February 10, 2015

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Recorded October 26, 2015 This webinar features George Mills, MBA, FASHE, CEM, CHFM, director of the Department of Engineering at the Joint Commission, and ASHE Senior Associate Director of Advocacy Jonathan Flannery, CHFM, FASHE, MHSA, FACHE. The webinar discusses the collaboration between ASHE and the Joint Commission to create new compliance resources.    

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Recorded February 24, 2016 Speakers: William E. Koffel, P.E., FSFPE and Lennon A. Peake, P.E. This webinar will highlights the impact of the 2012 edition of NFPA 101 will have on existing health care facilities and the rationale behind the changes from the 2000 edition. This webinar is sponsored by Koffel Associates and Grainger. DOWNLOAD THE PRESENTATION

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Recorded April 6, 2016 Speakers: William Koffel, P.E.., FSPE and Sarina Hart, P.E. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has adopted the 2012 edition of NFPA 101. This webinar will highlight the impact of the 2012 edition of NFPA 101 will have on new health care facilities and the rationale behind the changes from the 2000 edition.

Speakers: ASHE Associate Director of Advocacy Jonathan Flannery and a panel of subject matter experts.     DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION

Recorded May 18, 2016 Speakers: William E. Koffel, P.E., FSFPE and Mark J. Aaby, P.E. The 2012 edition of NFPA 101 contains numerous reference standards that impact the operation of health care facilities, and this webinar covers those changes.