Compliance and Operations
PLANNING
A four-step process for preparing health care facilities for natural and manmade threats.
ADVOCACY
ASHE's Advocacy Team addresses a question about sterilized instruments kept in business occupancies .
CHECKLIST
Plus: NFPA codes open for public comment and ASHE issues new alert on ligature risks.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Experts explain the process to make changes to ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170, Ventilation of Health Care Facilities.
CHECKLIST
Plus: CMS updates survey process and The Joint Commission issues a pandemic-related Sentinel Event Alert .
ASHE TOOLS
A new ASHE Tool can help to determine when and where to place eyewash stations in health care facilities.
ADVOCACY ADVISER
Updates to the 2021 Life Safety Code of which facilities managers should be aware .
REGULATORY
Health care facilities can look to state and federal requirements when devising policies on health screenings and permitting access to surveyors .
SPECIAL REPORT
Yale New Haven Health earns ASHE award for excellence in health care facility management.
COMPLIANCE + OPERATIONS
Health facilities compliance experts review changes included in recent editions of NFPA 101.