Articles
Construction
Life safety considerations for construction projects
Ensure fire protection measures and means of egress during health care construction.
Compliance and Operations
Preparing business occupancies for accreditation surveys
A new tool helps simply surveys as CMS takes a closer look at health care business occupancies.
Construction
Building hospitals in the pandemic era
Lessons in flexibility and technology learned during COVID-19.
Facility Engineering, Building Infrastructure Equipment, Biomedical Engineering
Six lessons for managing medical gas storage
From visual inspection to checking accessibility of connections, here are six best practices for medical gas storage.
Facility Engineering, Building Infrastructure Equipment
Weighing the benefits of UV disinfection for HVAC
A review on coil cleaning versus air disinfection and how they can be used in HVAC applications.
Compliance and Operations, Engineering Compliance
Oxygen tank storage regulations
Considerations to help ensure facility compliance with NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code.
IFC requirements for storage of oxygen in health care facilities
Additional requirements for facilities that also must adhere to the International Fire Code.
Compliance and Operations, Engineering Compliance
Security technologies and code compliance
Current codes guiding the location of security cameras in health care facilities.
Compliance and Operations, Engineering Compliance, Architecture Compliance
Two easy steps to get involved in code development
Helpful videos from ASHE show facilities professionals how to participate in the regulatory process.