Keyes Q&A: Wet location risk assessments, hospital-grade outlets, electric griddles, oxygen cylinders
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, August 9, 2020
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by Brad Keyes, CHSP
Editor’s note: Each month, Brad Keyes, CHSP, owner of Keyes Life Safety Compliance, answers your questions about life safety compliance. Follow Keyes’ blog on life safety at www.keyeslifesafety.com for up to date information.
Wet location assessment
Q: How often should an operating room “wet location” risk assessment be performed?
A: Section 6.3.2.2.8.4 of NFPA 99-2012 says operating rooms shall be considered to be a wet procedure location, unless a risk assessment conducted by the healthcare governing body determines otherwise. Nowhere in NFPA 99 does it say how often this risk assessment should be made.
There are two schools of thought on how often risk assessments should be redone:
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