Confidently apply the latest risk-based requirements for health care facility safety with the 2018 edition NFPA 99 and Handbook Set.
Do your best to protect health care facility patients, staff, equipment, and facilities using NFPA 99 and its unique Handbook as your guide. The 2018 edition of NFPA 99: Health Care Facilities Code follows a risk-based approach, where it is the risk posed to patients and staff, not the type of building, that defines safety guidelines. The companion Handbook provides answers, making this Set essential for everyone involved in health care safety including contractors, engineers, facility managers, AHJs, plumbers, gas and vacuum system installers, security personnel, insurance companies, and manufacturers.
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- The 2018 edition of NFPA 99: Health Care Facilities Code. Updates in this edition make performance criteria more usable, enforceable, and adoptable -- so you can be sure you've got safety covered. Changes from cover to cover respond to user needs and new information in an evolving industry. Chapter 6 is completely reorganized to group related requirements, allowing for the deletion of duplicated requirements for different types of essential electrical systems (EES). Chapter 7 now includes requirements for wireless phone and paging integration as well as for clinical information systems. (Print, 207 pp., 2018)
- The 2018 edition of the Health Care Facilities Code Handbook. Help eliminate confusion or mistakes that may jeopardize the safety of patients or staff. The redesigned and updated Handbook features the complete text of the 2018 edition of NFPA 99, including medical gas and vacuum system requirements, plus explanations of the intent behind requirements. More than 160 photographs, practical guidance, and examples visually clarify how provisions are applied in the field. FAQs highlight important concerns of installers, inspectors, and health care facility managers. A Summary of Technical Changes at the beginning of the Handbook highlights revisions to the 2018 edition. Supplements provide valuable information, such as a summary of an ASHE survey on Super Storm Sandy's impact on essential electrical systems and emergency planning. (Print, 832 pp., 2018)
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