The Chapter Leader's Guide to Life Safety

Quick, concise standard explanations for Life Safety chapter leaders

The Chapter Leader’s Guide to Life Safety breaks down the Joint Commission’s Life Safety requirements into easy-to-understand solutions to meet the challenges of these complex standards. You get simplified explanations of the chapter’s key components along with communication techniques to help foster a strong and successful partnership between survey coordinator and chapter leader.

Plus, to make staff training easy, this guide includes a downloadable PowerPoint® presentation highlighting key compliance takeaways.

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Benefits of The Chapter Leader’s Guide to Life Safety:

• Ensure readiness for the newly extended Life Safety survey
• Educate everyone from bedside staff to leadership about the impact of life safety compliance
• Communicate updated life safety requirements in the most effective manner
• Quickly identify and remedy potential life safety risks

What’s inside:

• Simplified breakdown of key life safety standards to help chapter leaders optimize survey readiness
• Communication techniques to help staff at all levels understand the role they play in life safety compliance
• Strategies to help you and your staff recognize potential life safety violations before they become citations

Table of Contents

Part I : An overview of the Life Safety chapter
Rewritten standards
Changes for 2011
Compliance with the LSC
Statement of Conditions
LS standard numbering system
Differences between healthcare and ambulatory care occupancies

Part II – Communication
Steps to open lines of communication

Part III – Implementation  
Breakdown of the Life Safety Standards
The physical environment
Protecting occupants from LSC deficiencies
Minimizing fire, smoke, and heat
Means of egress
Protection from fire and smoke
Fire alarm systems
Extinguishing fires
Special features
Fire and smoke hazards
Fire and smoke prevention requirements

Who will benefit?

Accreditation coordinator, accreditation specialist, survey coordinator, Joint Commission survey coordinator, Life Safety chapter leader, facilities manager, and safety officer

Earn Continuing Education Credits

National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ)
This activity is pending approval by the National Association of Healthcare Quality for CE credits.

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.

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