Roller latch countdown = eight months
Hospital Safety Connection, July 14, 2005
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We spent some of this week at the American Society for Healthcare Engineering's annual conference in Anaheim, CA, and life safety concerns were a big topic of conversation.
One issue we keep hearing about that will only get more prominent is roller latches. The Joint Commission on Accreditation on Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) wants those latches off corridor doors by March 13, 2006, but if you still have them on the doors now, expect questions from surveyors about how you maintain those items.
If you're caught with a busted roller latch, that could result in a citation from the JCAHO. One way to stay ahead of this potential problem is to either include roller latches as part of a building maintenance program or put them on your plan for improvement; you can find both options in the Statement of Conditions.
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