Analyzing The Hospital Life Safety Survey

Your facility is explored from top to bottom for life safety compliance when life safety surveyors arrive on-site. Beat them to the punch with assistance from Analyzing the Hospital Life Safety Survey, Fourth Edition by doing your own in-depth analysis of your organization. Life safety expert and independent consultant Brad Keyes, CHSP, provides a practical, strategic approach to the life safety survey process. He walks you through a room-by-room, floor-by-floor analysis of the life safety measures you must have in place to avoid costly citations. The book simplifies Joint Commission standards and CMS requirements and focuses on ways to pass your next life safety survey.

Analyzing the Hospital Life Safety Survey, Second Edition Brad Keyes, CHSP Are you prepared for the pending launch of the hospital life safety surveys? When life safety surveyors--whether they come from The Joint Commission, CMS, or another accrediting organization--arrive on site, they will explore your facility top to bottom for life safety compliance. Beat them to the punch by doing your own in-depth analysis of your organization. Formerly of The Joint Commission, current HFAP life safety surveyor and independent consultant Brad Keyes, CHSP, provides a practical, strategic approach to the life safety survey process. He walks you through a room-by-room, floor-by-floor analysis of the life safety measures you need to have in place to avoid costly citations. He also simplifies confusing Joint Commission standards and CMS requirements and reveals what you should be focusing on to pass your next life safety survey. Benefits: A floor-by-floor analysis to help staff of all kinds better prepare for a life safety survey Expert analysis by a life safety expert with experience in multiple accrediting organizations as well as CMS Photos illustrating where citations can happen to help you better understand potential trouble spots during survey Tools and tips for more efficient survey preparation View the Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Managing Life Safety Deficiencies Chapter 2: Interim Life Safety Measures Chapter 3: Life Safety Drawings Chapter 4: The Roof and Penthouse Equipment Rooms Chapter 5: The Nursing Care Units Chapter 6: The Behavioral Health and Nursery Units Chapter 7: The Intensive Care, Surgery, and ER Units Chapter 8: The Laboratory, Pharmacy, and Medical Records Chapter 9: Central Supply, Kitchen, and Receiving Chapter 10: Maintenance Repair Shops, Boiler Rooms, Gas Manifolds, and Generators Chapter 11: Fire Alarm Test Reports Chapter 12: Fire Pump, Sprinklers, and Standpipe Systems Chapter 13: Fire Extinguishers, Fire Dampers, Generators, and Med Gas Systems Chapter 14: General Life Safety Code® Compliance Chapter 15: The Fire Safety Document Review Session Chapter 16: Survey Etiquette and the Clarification

The New Life Safety Code®: How to Prepare in Advance Brad Keyes, CHSP The new Life Safety Code® is right around the corner: Are you ready for compliance? The Life Safety Code® has not been officially revamped since 2000. The new 2012 Life Safety Code has been reviewed, improved, and awaits implementation--at which point all facilities will have to make sure they are up to speed and in compliance with the new code. Life Safety expert Brad Keyes has broken down the expected improvements and updates to the code in an easy-to-digest format to help you review your organization for compliance and ensure you are ready for immediate action when the new code is approved. Using tools, illustrations, and content analysis, Keyes has delved into the changes you need to be aware of before the 2012 code is implemented--many of which are now best practices and worth updating even before the code is officially approved. Benefits: A step-by-step review of the new Life Safety Code A comparison to existing regulatory requirements Tips for quick improvements to meet new requirements Tools, illustrations, and advice for updating compliance with the Life Safety Code Table of Contents Chapter 1: Authorities Having Jurisdiction, Exit Enclosures and Headroom Chapter 2: Doors and Hardware Chapter 3: Fire Door Inspections Chapter 4: Stairwell Tread Markings Chapter 5: Fire and Smoke Dampers Chapter 6: Door Locks for Safety Needs Chapter 7: Sleeping Suites Chapter 8: Hazardous Areas Chapter 9: Sprinklers: Existing Nursing Homes Chapter 10: Smoke Barrier Doors: Fire Rated? Chapter 11: Portable Fire Extinguishers Chapter 12: Fire Alarm Test Reports Chapter 13: NFPA 99: Health Care Facilities Code

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