Health Care Facility Management

Many health care facilities need greater investment to improve the country's health care infrastructure. This monograph outlines the state of health care facilities and explores potential areas for investment.
This tool can be used to assess operating rooms to determine whether they are wet procedure locations. The tool can be used to help comply with the 2012 edition of NFPA 99. The tool methodology is provided, and can be customized to meet the needs of various health care organizations. Download Tool…
This monograph provides an overview of the requirements of ASHRAE Standard 188: Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building Water Systems and provides compliance guidance for health care facilities.
There are currently many different methods for determining the square footage of health care facilities. This monograph outlines a much-needed standard method for calculating the area of health care spaces.
This monograph sets forth energy procurement best practices and explains how hospitals should approach energy procurement using the principles of aggregation, alignment, and analytics.
This monograph presents strategies facility professionals can use to develop relationships with hospital leaders and show the value of their work. The monograph includes real-world examples of facility professionals who have successfully shown the value of their departments to organizational…
This monograph combines three updated monographs, which together present a frame¬work for an efficient risk assessment plan.
The emergency power supply system (EPSS) is a critical hospital system, and its failure to function in a power outage can have tragic results. Not all authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) look at documentation of weekly inspections. Nonetheless, a weekly visual inspection is highly…
A sprinkler system can be complex with many different zones and valves. Some of those valves may be easily to locate. Others may be in more obscure locations. If there is a inadvertent sprinkler activation, or when maintenance or system modifications are being performed, it is imperative that…
This monograph describes an EPS management program that will equip health care facilities to meet the requirements and challenges they face today.