Fire & Life Safety

As the result of a CMS directive, unannounced surveys for organizations started in 2006. If you are undergoing a deemed status survey, your visit...Read More »

Finding extra storage space in a hospital is always a challenge. But staff should be reminded that using stairwells, the ends of corridors, unused...Read More »

Thoughts on the introduction of technology as a function of mobile units (CT, PET MRI, etc.) and how those arrangements might come into play as a...Read More »

Your facility may or may not be required to have a fire pump. But if you have one as a life safety feature, the surveyor will perform an...Read More »

Before your next survey, remember to double check your hand sanitizer policies and placement for post-COVID requirements.Read More »

Some thoughts and lessons learned from the 2023 ASHE Conference, held in San Antonio, Texas. Read More »

There seems to be a recurring theme of electrical fires in...Read More »

Check all fire doors to ensure they latch properly and that labels on the fire door assemblies are legible.Read More »

When accreditation organization (AO) surveyors show up for survey, people automatically become nervous. The reaction is natural. Yes, the...Read More »