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AHA Statement to Senate Budget Committee on Alleviating Administrative Burden in Health Care
The AHA provides comments before the Senate Committee on Budget on ways to reduce administrative burden and costs in the health care system.
AHRMM LUC Comments to the FDA’s Draft Guidance for Select Updates for Unique Device Identification: Policy Regarding Global Unique Device Identification Database Requirements for Certain Devices
The AHRMM LUC members submitted comments and recommendations to the FDA's Draft Guidance for Select Updates for Unique Device Identification: Policy Regarding Global Unique Device Identification Database Requirements for Certain Devices. They recommend that information related to all Class I Medical Devices be included in the GUDID without exception.
Benefits of Predictive Maintenance (PdM)
This ASHE tool provides stepwise guidance for implementing PdM and recommends using reliability-centered maintenance to prioritize new PdM projects.
Behavioral Health Patient Bathroom Ligature & Safety Risk Evaluation
This tool is intended to help facilities professionals make good decisions about psychiatric unit toilet room renovations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.