Engineering

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity and fire protection

As cyberattacks increase, facilities managers can help to ensure fire safety systems do not become a pathway for internet attacks

May 13, 2021

Victoria Hutchison and Joshua Brackett, PE, SASHE, CHFM

As cyberattacks increase, facilities managers can help to ensure fire safety systems do not become a pathway for internet attacks.

Biomedical

How to decrease fire risk in oxygen-enriched atmospheres

Higher oxygen usage to treat patients with COVID-19 has led to unintended increases in fire risk that should be mitigated

May 7, 2021

Jonathan Flannery, CHFM, FASHE, MHSA, FACHE

Higher oxygen usage to treat patients with COVID-19 has led to unintended increases in fire risk that should be mitigated.

Health care mechanic and engineer certification

MECH can be a smart strategy for health care facilities and their maintenance technicians

May 4, 2021

Amy Urick

MECH can be a smart strategy for health care facilities and their maintenance technicians.

Field Report: Emergency Preparedness

Microgrid helps facility weather storm

Citizens Medical Center in Texas invested in backup power infrastructure to help it withstand adverse weather

April 23, 2021

HFM Staff

Citizens Medical Center in Texas invested in backup power infrastructure to help it withstand adverse weather.

Compliance + Operations

Risk-ranking hospital spaces according to ventilation needs

Hospitals should use temperature, pressure and humidity needs as a guide for developing a ventilation management plan

March 31, 2021

Taylor Vaughn, MBA, CHFM, CLSS-HC, Brooke Bohme, PE, CHFM, LEED-AP, and Clayton Smith, FACHE, CHFM

Hospitals should use temperature, pressure and humidity needs as a guide for developing a ventilation management plan.

Compliance + Operations

Nine steps to develop a ventilation management plan

From forming a committee to regular maintenance, these steps can help to improve HVAC system compliance

March 31, 2021

Taylor Vaughn, MBA, CHFM, CLSS-HC, Brooke Bohme, PE, CHFM, LEED-AP, and Clayton Smith, FACHE, CHFM

From forming a committee to regular maintenance, these steps can help to improve HVAC system compliance.

Infrastructure

What’s new for hospital airflow?

Engineering experts review recent changes made to ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170

March 31, 2021

Michael P. Sheerin, PE, LEED AP and Aaron L. Johnson, PE, LEED AP BD+C

Engineering experts review recent changes made to ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170.

Emerging technology for verifying engineering controls

Groundbreaking aerosol-based solutions for verifying ventilation and filtration efficacy have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic

March 30, 2021

Erik Malmstrom

Groundbreaking aerosol-based solutions for verifying ventilation and filtration efficacy have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Special Report

Kaiser advances microgrid solutions

The health system invested in microgrid projects to help it reach carbon-neutral status.

March 9, 2021

Camille Fink

The health system invested in microgrid projects to help itself reach carbon-neutral status.

Biomedical

Johns Hopkins addresses COVID-19-related oxygen shortages

A new white paper lays out solutions and mitigation efforts to ensure oxygen supply for patients in need

February 18, 2021

Jonathan Flannery, CHFM, FASHE, MHSA, FACHE

A new white paper lays out solutions and mitigation efforts to ensure oxygen supply for patients in need.

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