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Effective safety features begin with facility design
Building and maintaining fire and smoke barriers in health care facilities in new construction and existing facilities
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Infrastructure
Health care facility electrical demand loads
The Fire Protection Research Foundation provides data-driven answers to pandemic response and historic assumptions
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Safety
Maintaining fire safety in hospitals
A look at fire resistance-rated and smoke-resistive assemblies and the codes behind them
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The importance of acceptance testing
How acceptance testing is different than commissioning and why it's an important part of facilities operations and compliance
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Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity and fire protection
As cyberattacks increase, facilities managers can help to ensure fire safety systems do not become a pathway for internet incursions
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Infrastructure
Finding specialized information on med-gas and vacuum systems
The Medical Gas Professional Healthcare Organizations offers education and technical expertise
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Infrastructure
Ensuring med-gas system reliability
The 2021 edition of NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code focuses on operational management of these systems
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Field report
Hospital gets creative to protect staff from COVID-19
Innovative use of a firestopping product allowed a hospital to supply ventilation to patients without staff entering the room
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Infrastructure
Could remote inspection become the norm?
NFPA has started a technical committee project on remote inspections
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Infrastructure
Automated equipment inspection and testing
Conserving resources while keeping the patient environment safe and compliant
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