Sprinklers play a crucial role in maintaining the fire safety of healthcare environments. They aren't just components of a building's infrastructure—they're life-saving systems designed to minimize fire damage and protect vulnerable populations.
Lighting is a necessity in a healthcare setting at all times, not just during an emergency. When a power outage or other crisis takes out everyday lighting, you and everyone in the building should be confident that the emergency lights will come on quickly and without fuss.
One of the foundational elements of any utility systems inspection, testing & maintenance process is the use of infrared thermography inspection for ensuring that all electrical systems are being maintained properly.
Fire safety is a critical concern, especially in high-risk environments like operating rooms, where multiple ignition sources and flammable materials can create significant hazards.
One of the less frequently occurring conditions (at least in healthcare circles) is instances of fire alarm/suppression systems impairments that require implementation of a fire watch.
This is Part 2 of our interview with Scott Wytosick, CFPS, CFI-II, a life safety expert and consultant with Jensen Hughes in Independence, Ohio, on how to prepare your HVAC ahead of smoke—and how to keep it running once the smoke has arrived.
In this guest column, Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, laboratory safety officer for multihospital system Sentara Healthcare in Virginia, and otherwise known as “Dan, the Lab Safety Man,” discusses the important issues that affect your job every day. Today he discussed emergency preparedness.
During a fire, it’s not just the flames you need to worry about. Most fire deaths are due to smoke inhalation, and inside a hospital, nursing home, or clinic, there are plenty of patients who are extra sensitive to changes in air quality. While the wildfires in Los Angeles this January were...
We work hard in healthcare to make sure that safety is always a consideration, particularly when it comes to modifying or updating infrastructure systems. But I guess technology has a way of getting ahead of itself sometimes (or at least the desire for technology).
If you’re at your hospital, lab, or clinic when reading this and look up, odds are you can see a sprinkler overhead ready to put out a fire. These ubiquitous safety devices have saved countless lives ever since the first modern sprinkler was installed, though it was many more years before they...
