Surveyors are aggressively focusing on interim life safety measures and your Statement of Conditions. Are you ready?
The facts are clear: EC.5.20 was the fourth most cited standard during hospital accreditation surveys in 2006—and The Joint Commission’s life safety specialists played a significant role in that jump because they understand the ins and outs of the Life Safety Code® (LSC).
Further, two EC requirements—plans for improvement under the Statement of Conditons and the interim life safety measures—tie into automatic conditional accreditation if surveyors aren’t satisfied with your efforts.
And as of January 1, 2008, The Joint Commission is expanding its life safety program by:
- Sending life safety surveyors to hospitals with less than 200 beds (this means every accredited hospital will host Joint Commission life safety specialists)
- Increasing the life safety survey to two days in hospitals with an area of more than 750,000 square feet
You don’t have to tackle these new expectations alone. This great resource will walk you through the process!
Life Safety Survey Companion: Compliance Strategies for The Joint Commission was written specifically to help you deal with stricter LSC surveys. This book and CD-ROM set will help safety officers and facility managers easily navigate the five EC standards that are reviewed by The Joint Commission’s life safety specialists. And we’ll save you time by offering real-life compliance tips and useful case studies that will help you avoid citations and the conditional accreditation.
The life safety specialists are charged with surveying five EC standards:
- EC.5.20 (LSC and Statement of Conditions compliance)
- EC.5.40 (inspection and testing of fire protection equipment)
- EC.5.50 (interim life safety measures)
- EC.7.40 (emergency power inspection and testing)
- EC.7.50 (medical gas and vacuum equipment)
Written in an easy-to-understand format Life Safety Survey Companion, will offer you what each standard says in plain English, tell you what The Joint Commission sets out to achieve with each standard and outline exactly what your organization needs to do to comply.
The CD-ROM contains useful tools, such as an inspection record checklist, Interim Life Safety risk assessment tools, a fire drill evaluation report, and more!
If you are a safety officer or facility manager this book and CD-ROM is a must!
About the author:
Thomas J. Huser, MS, CHSP, brings more than 20 years of experience to bear on his position as safety writer, environment of care specialist, and consultant for The Greeley Company, the consulting division of HCPro. A former hospital safety manager, certified NFPA fire instructor, and hazardous materials specialist, Huser brings both administrative and real-world knowledge to his work in healthcare safety. An advisor to OSHA’s Compliance Insider for Healthcare Facilities, Huser writes for the Journal of Healthcare Security. When he is not writing, he is speaking at such gatherings as the NFPA World Fire and Safety Conference, and the National Earthquake Conference.
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