Older building proves ripe for life safety scrutiny
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, September 1, 2009
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As part of an old facility, Oregon State Hospital’s (OSH) Portland and Salem behavioral health campuses have some fire protection idiosyncrasies that can be difficult to keep up with.
During a Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) survey in February, the hospital retained its accreditation, with four direct impact findings spread across the 635-bed facility and 51 others under elements of performance (EP) with lesser criticality levels.
In The Joint Commission’s 2009 scoring system, a facility the size of OSH could have up to 13 direct impact findings before citations affected accreditation.
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