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Patient Monitoring Actionable Data
An unrecognized and misunderstood asset of hospitals today is patient data. Clinicians rely on data to make informed decisions, but too often they do not get the right type of data at the right time.
Equipment for Emergency Flushing of Eyes Risk Assessment Tool
Taking a good look at eyewash station requirements such as when and where to place eyewash stations in health care facilities.
Ventilation Management Plans
The Ventilation Management Plan (VMP) aims to create a comprehensive strategy to help health care facilities test and maintain all areas that require any type of ventilation management.
Videos on Ventilation
ASHE has developed videos for clinicians working in a health care setting covering topics such as negative pressure rooms, AIIRs, room turnovers and air changes per hour, and many more!
AEM risk assessment tool
Regulations and Interpretive Guidelines for Hospitals) contains all CMS requirements and survey guidance for a hospital alternate equipment maintenance (AEM) program. These risk assessment factors are generally not the same as the more common factors that hospitals have used in the past for utility system risk assessments.
The Pandemic-Resilient Hospital: How Design Can Help Facilities Stay Operational and Safe
This report from HKS and Arup, with peer review and collaboration from ASHE walks through design strategies that can help facilities stay operational and safe during a pandemic.
Energy Efficiency in the Era of COVID-19
Use this worksheet to periodically check for reactive maintenance concerns that could be wasting time and energy. Focusing first on squeaky wheels (reactive maintenance) makes your energy program more relevant to the daily work and problems faced by your maintenance team. Get your RCx agent or energy team leader involved in this process, along with your AC supervisor and mechanics.
Best Practices for Financing Energy Sustainability
Best practices for financing energy sustainability are described with an emphasis on helping hospitals and associated decision-makers – including professionals from supply chain, facilities, finance, sustainability, and public health – navigate the challenges associated with investing in the carbon reduction goals that health care is being asked to implement.
Developing Code-Compliant Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety Inspection
A step-by-step guide for developing a comprehensive integrated fire protection and life safety inspection, testing and maintenance (ITM) program for health care facilities. This timely publication will support facilities managers ahead of CMS’s adoption of NFPA 101-2018 (or later), which will require integrated life safety ITM for all high-rise buildings.
Weighing the benefits of UV disinfection for HVAC systems
While Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is not a new tool for disinfection, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought it to the forefront of discussions again. UV radiation, with sufficient intensity and contact time, can inactivate viruses and bacteria through three main approaches: air, water and surface. One of the applications of UV lamp includes being used in HVAC systems.