Physical Environment Online
Thomas J. Huser, MS, CHPS; Brad Keyes
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Joint Commission physical environment compliance at the click of a mouse
Save time and money with three safety resources combined into one electronic format!
Achieve Joint Commission compliance in the areas of environment of care, life safety, and emergency management. This easy-to-use electronic resource is full of expert interpretation and analysis to bolster your physical environment compliance program and avoid costly citations - all at the click of a mouse.
Physical Environment Online is complemented by fully searchable standards and elements of performance, customizable tools to help streamline processes at your facility, and an advisory board of industry experts.
Download a sample chapter: Just click on the "Browse the Book" icon to the left. Your complete version of Physical Environment Online will be a living PDF, which will allow you to click on links within the document to conveniently move between the standards. This feature is not enabled for the sample.
Physical Environment Online will help you:
- Remain current with 2010 Joint Commission standards and the latest interpretations
- Save time with an enhanced, searchable document that takes you directly to the topic you need
- Stay on top of complex Joint Commission requirements that could result in a citation
- Save money with our new 3-books-in-1 online format
- Cross-reference Joint Commission physical environment standards with other regulatory agencies
The same valuable physical environment compliance content we have always provided in print is now available in a convenient, affordable electronic format! All the information is now:
- Electronic
- Searchable
- Customizable
- Portable
- Completely up to date for 2010!
Take a look at the Table of Contents
- Environment of Care
- Safety and security
- Hazardous materials and waste
- Fire prevention
- Medical equipment management
- Utilities management
- Functional environment
- Staff competency
- Demonstrating compliance
- Tools library
- Crosswalk between EC, OSHA, and CMS requirements
- Life safety
- Life Safety Code® (LSC) compliance
- Protecting occupants from LSC deficiencies
- Building features that minimize fire, smoke, heat
- Means of egress
- Maintenance of building features
- Fire alarm systems
- Extinguishing systems
- Special features
- Building services
- Operating features
- Tools library
- Crosswalk between Joint Commission and NFPA life safety requirements
- Emergency management
- Emergency operations plan (EOP) development
- EOP features
- Communications
- Resources and assets
- Security and safety
- Staffing
- Utilities management
- Patient management
- Disaster privileging
- Disaster responsibilities
- Evaluation of emergency planning
- Effectiveness of the EOP
- Tools library
- Crosswalk between Joint Commission and NIMS requirements
About the Authors
Brad Keyes, CHSP. Keyes is a life safety consultant at The Greeley Company (a division of HCPro, Inc.) in Marblehead, MA. He 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.
Thomas J. Huser, MS, CHSP, is a safety coordinator for a healthcare system in Indianapolis where he has specific responsibilities for emergency preparedness and hazardous materials management. He has more than 23 years of healthcare and public safety experience. Huser has published more than a dozen articles in the Journal of Healthcare Security on topics including disaster drill planning, emergency decontamination, the incident command system, and the hazard communication program.
An advisory board of experts also contributed to the material in Physical Environment Online:
- Claude Baker, CFPS, fire and life safety officer at the University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
- Joseph L. Cappiello, BSN, MA, chairman at Cappiello & Associates, Elmhurst, IL
- Steven MacArthur, safety consultant at The Greeley Company, Marblehead, MA
- Marge McFarlane, PhD, MS, CHSP, founder of Superior Performance, LLC, Eau Claire, WI
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