HFM News

COMMISSIONING
New York hospital employed a military mindset to complete COVID-19 alternate care site project in just 28 days.
CODES & STANDARDS
Committee updates include first draft meeting notices and agendas for the 2024 NFPA Technical Meeting.
PLANNING
New York City’s first new public hospital in more than four decades applies lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy.
CODES & STANDARDS
Committees set meetings and agendas to review first drafts of upcoming editions, plus one committee votes against a change to sprinkler standards.
SUSTAINABILITY
Organization recognized for ongoing commitment to sustainability in health care.
CODES & STANDARDS
NFPA has opened the public input period for the next editions of eight standards impacting health care facilities operations.
SECURITY
Measuring caregivers' rates of exposure to patient aggression could inform intervention strategies, study finds.
FIRE SAFETY
A guide to understand automatic kitchen suppression systems and how to use Class K extinguishers.
DESIGN
Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute chose materials and features that infuse dynamism and liveliness into the project.
CODES & STANDARDS
See committee updates on NFPA 72®, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code® .