Physical Environment Compliance 2010
The Joint Commission's Latest Interpretations and Survey Hotspots
Product Description:
Audio Conference on CD or Audio On-Demand
Sponsored by the 4th Annual Hospital Safety Center Symposium, May 6-7, 2010
presented on February 3, 2010
In 2009 four of the top 10 most-cited standards occur in the environment of care and life safety chapters
Expert Greeley Company consultants Steve MacArthur and Brad Keyes, CHSP, guide you through lesser known interpretations that surveyors could cite you for under The Joint Commission's environment of care, life safety, and emergency management standards. Put these interpretations and practical strategies to work immediately at your facility to turn survey hotspots on their head.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this audio conference, you will be able to:- Prepare for a 2010 physical environment survey
- Perform risk assessments in the physical environment to avoid citations under EC.02.03.05
- Apply interim life safety measures to avoid citations under LS.02.01.10, LS.02.01.20, and LS.02.01.30
- Demonstrate compliance with emergency management by appropriately completing a hazard vulnerability analysis
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA:
- Environment of care compliance
- Survey hot spots
- Testing fire protection equipment (EC.02.03.05)
- Proactive risk assessments in the physical environment
- Joint Commission interpretations
- Applying environment of care FAQs
- "Observed but corrected on-site" deficiencies
- Life safety compliance
- Survey hot spots
- Designing building features to minimize the effects of smoke and fire (LS.02.01.10)
- Maintaining means of egress (LS.02.01.20)
- Maintaining building features to protect people from smoke and fire (LS.02.01.30)
- Properly applying interim life safety measures
- Joint Commission interpretations
- Fire watch procedures
- Testing main drains, fire pumps, various sprinkler system components, and smoke detector sensitivity
- Fire damper testing
- Emergency management compliance
- Survey hot spots
- De-emphasizing emergency management during surveys
- Completing your hazard vulnerability analysis
- Joint Commission interpretations
- Applying emergency management FAQs,
- Assessing your inventory of supplies
- Survey hot spots
- 2010 survey expectations
- Heavy scrutiny of life safety compliance
- Preventing workplace violence
- Question and answer session
BONUS TOOLS MATERIALS
With this audio conference, you'll receive a slide presentation of the program materials and valuable takeaways, which you can use at your facility, including:
- White paper on 2009 physical environment citations from HCPro's poll of Joint Commission surveyed hospitals
- Breakdown of how the National Fire Protection Association and Joint Commission differ on main drain testing requirements
- Sample fire watch request form
- CMS memo regarding six-year damper tests in hospitals
- Sample risk assessment for blanket warming cabinets
These materials are provided with PDF links.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Steve MacArthur, safety consultant, The Greeley Company (a division of HCPro, Inc.). MacArthur conducts on-site safety assessments, educational programs, and regulatory survey preparation for safety leaders. He consults and lectures on The Joint Commission's environment of care, life safety, and emergency management standards, CMS' physical environment Conditions of Participation, and much more. MacArthur is the author of HCPro's The Hospital Safety Director's Handbook, 4th Edition and writes for Mac's Safety Space, HCPro's Hospital Safety Center blog.
Brad Keyes, CHSP, life safety consultant, The Greeley Company (a division of HCPro, Inc.). Keyes is a former life safety specialist for The Joint Commission. His expertise lies in the management of the environment of care, development of leadership effectiveness, and efficiency in work processes. Keyes focuses on life safety issues, assessing an organization's preparedness for survey, evaluating processes in achieving preparedness, and guiding organizations toward compliance. He is the author of HCPro's Life Safety Compliance Manual: A Guide to the Joint Commission Standards.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Safety officer, facilities director, director of plant operations, security director, hospital fire marshal, emergency management coordinator, survey prep coordinator.
AUDIO ON-DEMAND
In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audio conferences, we are pleased to offer another option, 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. Purchase a CD or 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.Product Types : Departments :
