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Learn Life Safety Code tips and interpretations for healthcare facilities with this in-depth monthly resource.

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The anatomy of a Det Norske Veritas Healthcare survey
About five years ago, Det Norske Veritas Healthcare (DNV) was approved by CMS as a deeming...
Unsprinklered hospitals are at risk
The Life Safety Code® (LSC) does not require existing hospitals to be fully protected with...
Frequency of surgical fires on the rise
A fire in a healthcare setting is a serious and potentially deadly issue. As discussed in our...
Conflicts with codes on corridor projections
Hospitals have been installing items on corridor walls for decades without much thought as to...
Editorially speaking
Editor's note: Each month, Senior Editor Brad Keyes, CHSP, offers his thoughts, concerns, and...
Questions & Answers
Editor's note: Each month, Senior Editor Brad Keyes, CHSP, consultant for Keyes Life Safety...

How life safety compliance can reduce hospital-acquired infections
If you are admitted to the hospital, the last thing you want to worry about is developing an...
CMS proposes sprinkler waivers
On August 13, 2008, CMS published a final rule in the Federal Register requiring all buildings...
Why do we need the Life Safety Code?
Do we still need the Life Safety Code® (LSC)? Is the LSC relevant, particularly if we no longer...
Editorially speaking ?
Editor's note: Each month, Senior Editor Brad Keyes, CHSP, offers his thoughts, concerns, and...
Questions & Answers
Editor's note: Each month, Senior Editor Brad Keyes, CHSP, consultant for Keyes Life Safety...

Making use of risk assessments
Here's a scenario that is often played out across the country: You have worked diligently to...
Dealing with dead-bolt locks
Locks on doors in healthcare occupancies seem to be on the radar of many surveyors and inspectors...
Corridor doors: Addressing the requirements
Corridor doors are defined as those doors that separate a corridor from a room or area. Rooms that...
Hand sanitizer-sparked hospital fire injures girl
An 11-year-old girl received burns on her chest, chin, and hair, as well as her arms and ears, at...
Questions & Answers
Editor's note: Each month, Senior Editor Brad Keyes, CHSP, consultant for Keyes Life Safety...

Preventing penetrations in rated barriers
Fire and smoke barrier management has long been an issue with national accreditors, and rightfully...
Recall issued on fire pump pressure transducers
About a year ago, Gems Sensors, Inc., of Plainville, Conn., issued a voluntary recall of its...
Partnering with accreditation organizations
We recently received an email from a reader who offered the opinion that accreditation...
Defining major and minor renovations
During renovation of an existing area in a healthcare occupancy, there may often be a heated...
Editorially speaking?
Editor's note: Each month, Senior Editor Brad Keyes, CHSP, offers his thoughts, concerns, and...
Questions & Answers
Editor's note: Each month, Senior Editor Brad Keyes, CHSP, consultant for Keyes Life Safety...
Barrier wall work permit
Barrier wall work permit

NFPA makes changes to the 2012 edition of the Life Safety Code
The 2012 edition of NFPA 101: Life Safety Code® (LSC) is only 18 months old, and already the...
Medical gas and vacuum system testing and inspection
Every healthcare facility has a medical gas and vacuum system, and the most common one used is...
Clearing up required corridor widths in healthcare facilities
Corridor widths in hospitals and nursing homes have to be maintained clear and free up to 8 feet...
Differing opinions on horizontal sliding doors
The December 2012 issue of Healthcare Life Safety Compliance (HLSC) included an article on...
Editorially speaking ?
The International Code Council (ICC) held final action hearings in Portland, Ore., during its...
Questions & Answers
Q. Can a fire safety evaluation system (FSES) equivalency be written for an oversized emergency...

Managing the facility
In one of the most emphatically stated messages ever uttered by a representative from The Joint...
Durham fire kills patient
According to news reports from the Durham News-Observer, an early morning fire last November...
Preventing leaks in water-based fire protection systems
Corrosion inside fire protection piping that eventually leads to leaks is a problem that most...
Questions & Answers
Questions & Answers Editor's note: Each month, Senior Editor Brad Keyes, CHSP...
2012 story index
A case for contracted fire alarm testing. May, p. 4.
Above-ceiling work permit
Above-ceiling work permit