Compliance and Operations
INFRASTRUCTURE
An overview of code changes included in the 2021 editions of NFPA 99 and NFPA 101.
INTERVIEW
Herman A. McKenzie discusses compliance challenges and what systems can do to overcome them.
CHECKLIST
Plus: CDC updates guidelines for infection prevention and FFR decontamination, and NFPA calls for flexibility during pandemic.
ADVOCACY ADVISER
New ASHE tool provides helpful table of monthly tasks necessary to stay in compliance.
COMPLIANCE + OPERATIONS
Advice on assessing the physical environment and mitigating the potential for patient self-harm.
CHECKLIST
Plus: IAHSS releases security report, and ASHE alerts field to energy target penalties.
ASHE TOOL
ASHE has created a tool to help manage the increased use of portable nitrous oxide systems.
ADVOCACY ADVISER
New ASHE tool breaks down two categories of supervising station systems and their regulatory requirements.
ASHE TOOL
Sprinkler System Support Analysis monograph investigates hazards to sprinkler piping/hangers.
COMPLIANCE + OPERATIONS
The organization is tracking regulatory best practices as hospitals erect temporary care facilities.