Analyzing the Hospital Life Safety Survey
Brad Keyes
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Product Description:
Prepare for the extra day of your life safety survey
A former surveyor takes you on a guided tour of your next life safety survey
This book by former Joint Commission life safety surveyor Brad Keyes, CHSP, provides a practical, strategic approach to the life safety survey process. Keyes offers a room-by-room, floor-by-floor analysis of the life safety measures you need to have in place to avoid costly citations. He simplifies confusing Joint Commission standards and CMS requirements and reveals what you should be focusing on to pass your next life safety survey.
Benefits:
- Avoid citations by learning the life safety survey process from a former Joint Commission surveyor
- Comply with complex standards by taking a survey-driven approach to life safety
- Ensure your documentation withstands surveyor scrutiny
- Recognize potential citations through photographs of real-life problem areas
- Complete a successful life safety survey by focusing your efforts in the right area
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Managing Life Safety Deficiencies
Basic Building Information
Plan for Improvement
Chapter 2: Life Safety Drawings
Rated Wall Construction
Hazardous Rooms
Suites of Rooms
Vertical Separations
Horizontal Exits
Mixed Occupancies
Chapter 3: Starting the Building Tour at the Top
The Roof
The Mechanical Rooms
Chapter 4: The Nursing Care Units
Corridor Clutter
Corridor Doors
Corridor Walls
Hazardous Rooms
Chapter 5: The Behavioral Health and Nursery Units
Corridor Clutter
Suicide Risk Assessments
Locked Doors
Activities Room, Weapons, and Hidden Dangers
Mother/Baby Unit
Chapter 6: The Intensive Care, Surgery, and ER Units
The Suite of Rooms
Security Locks
Infection Control
Chapter 7: The Laboratory, Pharmacy, and Medical Records
The Laboratory
The Pharmacy
Medical Records
Chapter 8: Central Supply, Kitchen, and Receiving
Central Supply
Kitchens
Receiving Department
Chapter 9: Repair Shops and Mechanical Rooms
Maintenance Repair Shops
Boiler and Chiller Rooms
Medical Gas Manifold Room
Emergency Power Generator Rooms
Chapter 10: Fire Alarm Test Reports
Fire Alarm Test Reports
Qualifications
Visual Inspection Requirements
Testing Method Requirements
Testing Frequencies
Problems With Test Reports
Additional Fire Alarm Testing Issues
Chapter 11: Fire Pump, Sprinklers, and Standpipe Systems
Fire Pumps
Sprinkler Systems
Standpipes
Impairments
Chapter 12: Fire Extinguishers, Fire Dampers, Generators, and Medical Gas Systems
Fire Extinguishers
Selection and Location
Fire and Smoke Dampers
Generators and Automatic Transfer Switches
Medical Gases
Chapter 13: Interim Life Safety Measures
Alternative Life Safety Measures
ILSM Policy
ILSM Assessments
Chapter 14: General Life Safety Code® Compliance
Smoke Detector Location
Penetrations in Rated Walls
Fire Doors
Sprinklers
Ceiling Tiles
Corridor Obstructions
Integrity of the Egress
Travel Distance to Exits
Areas Open to the Corridor
Battery Powered Emergency Lights
Building Maintenance Program
Chapter 15: Survey Etiquette and Clarification
Survey Etiquette
Clarification
Appendix A: Tools
Life Safety Equipment Testing Matrix
Above Ceiling Work Permit
FDAI Checklist
Fire Watch Form
Generator Load Test Sheet
ILSM Assessment
About the author:
Brad Keyes, CHSP, is a senior consultant at The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc. 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.
Product Types : Departments :
SOURCE CODE: EHCM
ISBN: 978-1-60146-766-9
PUBLISHED: 1/24/2011
