LIVE AUDIOCONFERENCE
Sponsored by: Hospital Safety Center (www.hospitalsafetycenter.com)
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
1:00-2:30 p.m. (Eastern)
12:00-1:30 p.m. (Central)
11:00-12:30 p.m. (Mountain)
10:00-11:30 a.m. (Pacific)
Will your hospital meet Life Safety Code® standards in 2008?
The Joint Commission’s life safety specialists continue to put Life Safety Code® issues in the spotlight. More then a quarter of accredited hospitals surveyed in the first half of 2007 received requirements for improvement (RFIs) for problems under EC.5.20. That's not the only standard causing problems for healthcare safety professional.
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Other thorny EC standards proving to be risky areas for RFIs include:
1. EC.1.10 (managing safety and conducting risk assessments)
2. EC.5.40 (inspecting fire protection equipment)
3. EC.5.50 (managing interim life safety measures)
4. EC.7.50 (inspecting medical gas and vacuum systems)
Actual situations that resulted in citations for these standards include:
1. Conduit running through, but not servicing, a stairwell (EC.5.20)
2. No records of fire pump testing (EC.5.40)
3. Hot-air exhaust fan deemed a potential hanging hazard (EC.1.10)
Bonus tools included in your material packet!
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive these helpful “take-away's” provided within your materials pack:
1. Refrigerator temperature risk assessment
2. In-depth EC.5.40 checklist for mock survey
3. Rundown of EC.5.20 citations from two hospital surveys, including specific Life Safety Code references
These materials will be provided prior to the program date via e-mail with PDF links. Please download the PDF files before the day of the program. Get tips to keep your facility citation-free in 2008 Join HCPro and expert speakers Steve MacArthur and Brad Keyes, CHSP, during this important 90-minute audioconference. MacArthur and Keyes are on the front lines of hospital surveys and will help you avoid citations for these EC standards while staying in tune with the latest survey trends.
At the conclusion of this program, you will be able to:
1. Describe why there’s so much survey attention on EC standards
2. Recognize the RFI risks in the EC standards
3. Identify the requirements of the various problematic EC standards
4. Implement tips and best practices on how to comply with the various problematic EC standards
5. Recognize common barriers to keeping patients safe—and how to overcome them
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR AGENDA
I. Recent emphasis on EC standards by surveyors
II. The stats: Top EC-related RFIs as reported in 2007
a. The Joint Commission’s data
b. HCPro results from our online EC poll of hospitals
III. Standard reviews
- EC.1.10 (managing safety and conducting risk assessments)
- EC.5.20 (Life Safety Code compliance)
- EC.5.40 (inspection of fire protection equipment)
- EC.5.50 (interim life safety measures)
- EC.7.50 (inspection of medical gas and vacuum systems)
- Requirements of each standard
- Top problems noted by surveyors
- Consequences of not complying
- How to stay out of trouble
IV. Emergency management issues on the horizon
a. A broad look at EC.4.11 through EC.4.18
b. What areas might be ripe for future citations
A live question and answer session follows the presentation.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Safety officers, facilities directors, director of plant operations, emergency management coordinators, survey coordinators, vice president of operations, security directors
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Steve MacArthur is a consultant for The Greeley Company. He brings over 25 years of healthcare management and consulting to his work with hospitals, physician offices, and ambulatory care facilities across the country. MacArthur applies his management and safety experiences to help healthcare providers develop common sense solutions to their unique problems. He provides consultation in the areas of accreditation, regulatory compliance, on-site safety assessment and education programs, survey preparation for safety leaders, and the development of comprehensive programs related to the environment of care.
Brad Keyes, CHSP, is a consultant for The Greeley Company. He has worked in the healthcare field in different capacities for over 30 years, most recently in the position of Safety Officer for a large mid-west hospital. He also was one of the original Life Safety Code Specialist surveyors for The Joint Commission, and has over three years of experience of hospital accreditation surveys.
DIAL IN TOLL FREE!
Details on how to call will be sent to you via e-mail with your materials package
AUDIO ON-DEMAND
In addition to the regular participation options for HCPro audioconferences—live, CD, or combination packages—we are pleased to offer another option, an audio on-demand. Audio on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player.
CAN'T LISTEN LIVE?
No problem. Purchase a CD or an Audio on-demand of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
PLEASE NOTE
Participation in the call is $229 per site and allows access to ONE phone line for an unlimited number of people to listen. All materials must be retrieved from the Internet. Live orders are assessed a $5 processing fee. CD and combo orders are charged $18 for shipping and handling.
Audioconference materials will be delivered via e-mail four days prior to the conference and again the day before the conference.
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