Analyzing the Hospital Life Safety Survey

By Brad Keyes and HCPro

Analyzing the Hospital Life Safety Survey, Second EditionBrad Keyes, CHSPAre 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 surveyExpert analysis by a life safety expert with experience in multiple accrediting organizations as well as CMSPhotos illustrating where citations can happen to help you better understand potential trouble spots during surveyTools and tips for more efficient survey preparationView the Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Managing Life Safety DeficienciesChapter 2: Interim Life Safety MeasuresChapter 3: Life Safety DrawingsChapter 4: The Roof and Penthouse Equipment RoomsChapter 5: The Nursing Care UnitsChapter 6: The Behavioral Health and Nursery UnitsChapter 7: The Intensive Care, Surgery, and ER UnitsChapter 8: The Laboratory, Pharmacy, and Medical RecordsChapter 9: Central Supply, Kitchen, and ReceivingChapter 10: Maintenance Repair Shops, Boiler Rooms, Gas Manifolds, and GeneratorsChapter 11: Fire Alarm Test ReportsChapter 12: Fire Pump, Sprinklers, and Standpipe SystemsChapter 13: Fire Extinguishers, Fire Dampers, Generators, and Med Gas SystemsChapter 14: General "Life Safety Code(R)" ComplianceChapter 15: The Fire Safety Document Review SessionChapter 16: Survey Etiquette and the Clarification

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1683086082
• ISBN13: 9781683086086
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Hcpro Inc.
• Length: 150 Pages