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NFPA 99 – Health Care Facilities Code 2000 - 2012
Presented by:
James K Lathrop,
Samantha White
Koffel Associates, Inc.
2014 NFPA Conference & Expo
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• Not all changes to NFPA 99 reflected here
• Slides do not contain full code text – only general intent – always go to the code for the full text
• Exceptions may apply
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• Major Issues— Wet Locations
— Selective Coordination
— Chapters 8 & 9
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• All Occupancy chapters
• Chapter 6 Environmental Systems
• Chapter 7 Materials
• Chapter 10 Manufacturers Requirements
• Chapter 11 Laboratories
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• Annex B Nature of Hazards
• Annex D Safe Use of High-Frequency Electricity
• Annex F Flammable Anesthetizing Locations
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• Annex A: Explanatory material— Keyed to specific code text
— Non-mandatory
• Annex B: Explanatory material— Keyed to Chapter
— Non-Mandatory
• Annex C Sample Adopting Ordinance
• Annex D: Informational References
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• Chapter 4 Fundamentals— Establishes “Categories” based on risk
assessment
• Chapter 7 Information Technology and Communications Systems
• Chapter 8 Plumbing & Chapter 9 HVAC
• Chapter 13 Security Management
• Chapter 15Features of Fire Protection
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• Totally rewritten— Coordinate with requirements of The Joint
Commission
— Lessons learned from recent disasters
— Better integration with NFPA 1600 Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs.
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Editorial Marks
• Asterisks 99-81
• Brackets 99-81
• Vertical Lines – Not used
• Bullets – Not used
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• 1.3 Application— Construction and Equipment requirements NEW
only
— Alterations, renovations and modernization meet new
— An existing system not in compliance SHALL BE PERMITTED to be continued in use, unless the AHJ determines that such use is a DISTINCT hazard to life.
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• Governing body shall determine: — Critical care rooms
— General care rooms
— Basic care rooms
— Support rooms
— Anesthesia locations
— Wet procedure locations
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• General Anesthesia and Levels of Sedation— General Anesthesia
— Deep Sedation/Analgesia
— Moderate Sedation/Analgesia (Conscious Sedation)
— Minimal Sedation (Anxlolysis)
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• Wet Procedure Location
• Annex note
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• Building system categories— Category 1 – major injury or death
— Category 2 – minor injury
— Category 3 – no injury but can cause discomfort
— Category 4 – no impact on patient care
• Examples of each Category
• Based on the system under consideration.
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• Discussion of major injury
• Risk assessment— ISO/IEC 31010 Risk Management – Risk
Assessment Techniques
— NFPA 551 Guild for the Evaluation of Fire Risk Assessments
— SEMI S10-0307E Safety Guideline for Risk Assessment and Risk Evaluation
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Chapter 5
Gas and Vacuum Systems
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• 5.1 Category 1 Systems
• 5.2 Category 2 Systems
• 5.3 Category 3 Systems
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• Category 1 Medical Piped Gas and Vacuum Systems. Requirements apply to health care facilities that require Category 1 systems as determined using risk assessment as defined in Chapter 4.
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• 5.1.14.4.3 through 5.1.14.4.9, 5.1.13 through 5.1.15 – existing
• 5.1.14.3 and 5.1.14.4.1 new and existing
• See Tentative Interim Amendment (TIA)— TIA 12-4
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• Lockable doors or gates
• If outdoors, noncombustible enclosure, witha minimum of two exits
• If indoors, noncombustible or limited combustible with 1-hour fire resistance rating
• Electrical devices at or above 5 feet from floor protected from damage
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• NFPA 70 for ordinary locations
• Indirect heating (steam, hot water)
• Racks, chains or other fasteners to secure all cylinders.
• Powered by essential electrical system
• Racks, shelves or supports made of noncombustible or limited combustible materials
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• Manifold room ventilation• Relief valves vented per 5.1.3.5.6.1 (4)-(9)• See Chapter 9 for other ventilation
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• Cylinders shall not be stored in enclosures containing motor-driven equipment except instrument air reserve headers in same location with instrument air compressors.
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• Permitted locations (5.1.3.5.2)— Limited to patient care
— Calibration of medical devices
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• Manifolds for Gas Cylinders with Reserve Supply— Entire section deleted
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Totally revised and coordinated with NFPA 55, Compressed Gases and Cryogenic Fluids Code
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• Emergency Oxygen Supply Connection (EOSC) may be required for maintenance or emergencies— Minimum of 3 ft clearance around EOSC
• Alternative is in-building emergency reserve
• The word “any” in 5.1.3.5.13 may confuse this
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• Medical air quality
— Be supplied from cylinders, bulk containers, medical air compressor sources, or be reconstituted from oxygen USP and oil-free, dry Nitrogen NF
— Meet the requirements of medical air USP
— Have no detectable liquid hydrocarbons
— Have less than 25 ppm gaseous hydrocarbons
— Have equal to or less than 51 mg/m3 of permanent particulates sized 1 micron or larger in the air at normal atmospheric pressure
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• Location— Indoors in a dedicated mechanical equipment
area
— Adequate ventilation
— Ambient temperature range as recommended by the manufacturer.
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• Outdoors above roof level Draw from a clean source of air
• Located 25 ft. from ventilating system exhausts, vents, vacuum and WAGD discharges10 ft from any door or window
• Minimum distance 20 ft. above ground
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• Dew point monitored and alarmed when dew point exceeds 35oF
• CO alarm activated when CO exceeds 10 ppm
• Dew point and CO monitors activate alarm if power is lost.
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• Entire new section and numerous changes throughout the code on “medical air proportioning systems”
• Reconstituting medical air from Oxygen USP and Nitrogen NF
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• Location— Indoors in a dedicated mechanical equipment
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— Adequately ventilated
— Proper utilities
— Ambient temperature range per manufacturers recommendation
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• Medical-Surgical Vacuum Systems— Piping per vacuum piping except brass, galvanized
or black steel as per manufacturer
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• Materials deemed suitable by the manufacturer
• 60 PSI and vacuum of 30 in. of Hg
• Capacity based on the technology of the pumps
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• Not located in a room that it controls
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• Category 1 warning systems— Master alarm
— Area alarm
— Local alarm
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• Alarm requirements - general— Non-cancelable visual indicator
— Visible and audible indication that the communication is disconnected.
— Reinitiation of the audible signal if another alarm condition occurs
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• Alarm requirements – general continued— Power from life safety branch of the EES
— Wiring used for communications is protected
— Communication devices that do not use wire supervised such that failure will initiate alarm
— Alarm switches/sensors removable
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• Master alarm— Monitors source supply, reserve source (if any)
and pressure in main lines of medical gas and vacuum piping system
— Two master alarm panels required (on-sitemaintenance office and continuously staffed location)
— A centralized computer system can be substituted for one of the master alarm panels
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• Master alarm panels required to communicate directly to the alarm-initiating device they monitor
• Each of the two mandatory alarms must be wired independently to the initiating devices
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Area Alarm Panel
Location:
1)Anesthetizing locations where moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia
2)Critical Care areas
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• Area alarm sensor location— Vital life support or critical care area:
• On patient (use side) of zone valve box assembly
— Anesthetizing area (moderate sedation, deep sedation or general anesthesia):• Either on source side or patient (use side) of zone
valve box assembly
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• Need continuous, uninterrupted power, continuously monitored or provide remote signaling, devices are supervised, others
• Software: Medical gas shall have the same status as life safety, medical gas has higher priority than lesser signals provide an audible alert, alert the condition and activate any signaling protocols
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• When brazing, joints shall be continuously purged with nitrogen NF
• Final brazed connection of new piping in an extension shall be permitted to be made without the purge in such case an outlet in the immediate downstream zone of both the new and existing piping shall be tested
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• Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) for copper and stainless tube
• Welder qualifications— Welder and Brazing Qualifications per Section IX
of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
— Shall include a bend test and a tensile test
— Shall qualify on each tube diameter
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• Stainless Tube— Metal inert gas (MIG) welding, Tungsten inert gas
(TIG) welding, or other acceptable for stainless tube
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• Supports for copper tube shall have a copper finish and be sized for copper tube
• In potentially damp locations, copper tube hangers or supports that are in contact with the tube shall be plastic-coated or otherwise be electrically insulated from the tube by a material that will not absorb moisture
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• Protect the piping from physical damage during backfilling
• If protected by conduit, cover or enclosure:— Access for joint inspection and leak testing
— Self-draining and not retain groundwater
• Backfilled with 36 inches or 18 inches where there is no potential for damage from surface loads or surface conditions.
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• Special fittings— Memory metal couplings
• Rated not less than 1000oF and not less than 300 psi
• Qualified technician
— Axially swaged fittings• elastic strain preload fittings providing a metal to
metal seal, rated at not less than 1000oF and not less than 300 psi permanent and nonseparable
• Qualified technician
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• Backfill shall be clean, free of material that can damage the pipe, and compacted
• Where installed through a wall sleeve, the outdoor end of the sleeve shall be sealed to prevent entrance of groundwater.
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• Metallic flexible joints permitted where required for expansion, seismic, thermal expansion or vibration and:— Bronze, copper or stainless steel
— Cleaned at factory for oxygen service
— 300 psi and 1000oF
— Brazing extensions
— Supported as required for their weight
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• Installation shall be made by qualified, competent technicians who are experienced in making such installations, including all personnel who actually install the pipe
• Must meet ANSI/ASSE Standard 6010, Professional Qualification Standard for Medical Gas and Vacuum System Installers
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• Installers shall not use their certification to oversee installation by noncertified personnel
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• Positive pressure not breached or penetrated by any means that will result in residual copper particles or other debris remaining in the piping or affect the oxygen-clean interior of the piping
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• Pipe Labeling— Piping shall not be painted
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• Maintenance (new section)— Extensive new material – 5.1.14
— Based upon risk assessment
• Minimum qualifications— Certified by health care facility
— ASSE 6040 Professional Qualification Standard fro Medical Gas Maintenance Personnel
— ASSE 6030 Professional Qualification Standard for Medical Gas Verifiers.
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• Medical air sources— Room temperature – Room ventilation
— Shaft seal condition
— Filter condition
— Presence of hydrocarbons
— Water quality if so equipped
— Intake location – Air purity – Dew point
— Carbon monoxide monitor calibration
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• Vacuum source - WAGD— Exhaust location
• Instrument air source— Filter condition
• Manifold sources— Ventilation
— Enclosure labeling
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• Manufactured assemblies employing flexible connections between the user terminal and the piping system— Nonstationary booms and articulating
assemblies, other than head walls utilizing flexible connectors, tested for leaks per manufacturers recommendations every 18 months or as determined by risk assessment
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• Manufactured assemblies – Cont’d— System pressure to be maintained until each
joint has been examined for leakage
— Safe working condition of the flexible assemblies shall be confirmed
— DISS connectors internal to the assemblies shall be checked for leakage
— Additional testing at intervals defined by performance data
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• Many similarities with Category 1 but in general less stringent.
• Existing – 5.3.12.2 and 5.3.13.4
• New & existing – 5.3.1.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.12.1 & 5.3.13.3
See TIA 12-4
• Shall NOT serve more than two adjoining single treatment facilities
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• Medical gases are oxygen and nitrous oxide
• Gas powered devices use compressed air and nitrogen
• Vacuum systems shall either be wet or dry
• Typically used in dental offices
• Deep sedation and anesthesia not permitted in Category 3 areas
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• Installer Qualifications for medical gas sources— Total of all gases over 3000 ft3 (5000 ft3 if in
DOT 4L cryogenic liquid container) – ASSE 6010 Medical Gas Installers & CGA M-1, Guide for Medical Gas Installations at Consumer Sites
— Pipe systems (regardless of source size) – ASSE 6010
— Cannot oversee non-certified personnel
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• Verifier Qualifications— Must meet ANSI/ASSE Standard 6030, Medical
Gas Verifiers Professional Qualifications Standard
— Installer can not be verifier
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Chapter 6
Electrical Systems
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• Moved after gas systems
• Electrical hazards
• Electrical distribution system
• Type 1, 2 and 3 electrical system
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• Follow NFPA 70 - NEC
• Critical care areas shall be served by circuits from a critical branch served from a single automatic transfer switch AND
• A of one circuit by normal power or by a secminimum ond critical branch automatic transfer switch.
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• Access to overcurrent protective devices— Only authorized shall have access to those
serving Category 1 or Category 2 rooms
— Shall not be permitted in public access spaces
— Isolated power panels in critical care areas shall be permitted in those areas.
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• Receptacles— Patient bed general care (category 2)- 4 8
— Patient bed critical care (category 1) – 6 14
— Operating rooms (category 1) - 36
— Bathrooms-none
— Special areas (psychiatric, pediatric, etc) – none
— Pediatric shall have listed tamper resistant or a listed tamper resistant cover (new and existing)
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• Now referred to as “isolated grounds”
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• Operating rooms shall be considered wet procedure locations unless risk assessment determines otherwise
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• Category 1 rooms shall be served only by Type 1 EES
• Category 2 rooms shall be served by Type 1 or Type 2 EES
• A Type 1 EES shall be permitted to serve Category 2 rooms in the same facility
• Basic care rooms & rooms other than patient rooms shall not be required to be served by EES
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• Battery-Powered Lighting Units— Shall be provided in deep sedation and general
anesthesia areas
— Sufficient to terminate procedures
— Wired to general lighting branch circuit
— 1 ½ hour duration
— Tested monthly for 30 seconds and annually for 30 minutes
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• Extracted requirements from NFPA 110:7.2.1
• 30 36 inch clearance for indoor rooms. Does not apply to outdoor housings
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• Overcurrent protective devices serving the EES shall selectively coordinate for the period of time that a fault’s duration extends beyond 0.1 seconds
• Not required as follows:
— Between transformer primary and secondary where only one or one set of devices exist on the secondary
— Between devices of the same amp rating in series
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• Branches— Life Safety Branch
— Critical Branch
— Equipment
• Division shall occur at transfer switches when more than one transfer switch is required.
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• Number of transfer switches shall be based on reliability, design and load
• Each branch shall have one or more transfer switches
• One transfer switch shall be permitted to serve one or more branches in a facility with a continuous load on the switch of 150 kVA(120 kW) or less
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— Elevator lighting, control, communications
— Automatic doors for egress
— Fire alarm auxiliary functions
— Alarm & alerting non-fire(life safety or critical)
— Generator accessories
NO other functions
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• Equipment Systems Branch— Generator equipment for non-delayed automatic
connection
— Equipment for delayed-automatic connection
— Equipment for delayed-automatic or manual connection
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• Administration— Maintenance and testing
• 10-second criteria does not apply during the monthly test. If not met a process shall be provided to annually confirm the capability to meet the 10 second requirement.
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• Emergency Systems
• Critical Systems
• Life Safety Branch
• Equipment Branch
• One or more transfer switches, single transfer switch permitted under same conditions as Type 1
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• Equipment Branch— Non-delayed-automatic
• Generator accessories
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• Delayed-automatic or manual connection— Heating to patient rooms (certain conditions)
— Elevator services
— Some additional illumination and receptacles
— If one transfer switch serves multiple systems, it shall be non-delayed automatic
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• For operations with less stringent requirements
• Provides limited power and illumination for orderly cessation of procedures
• Selective coordination the same as Type 1
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Chapter 7
Information Technology and Communication Systems
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• Brand new chapter
• New installations only per Chapter 1
• Acronyms: — Entrance Facility (EF or TEF)
— Telecommunications Equipment Room (TER)
— Telecommunications Room (TR)
— Outside Plant (OSP) Infrastructure
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• Material not directly related shall not pass through or below (wiring, piping, tube)
• 12 ft from electromagnetic interference
• Not subject to flooding
• Where subject to hurricanes and tornados –located away from curtain walls
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• Power— Dedicated circuits
— One duplex receptacle– minimum
• Environment— Temp & humidity per manufacturers specs
— Positive pressure
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• Permitted to be combined with the telecommunications equipment room (TER)
• Two physically separated service entrance pathways into the EF
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• If remote primary data center is used:— Two EFs and redundant telecommunications
service entrances required
— Electronic storage capable of storing all inpatient records available at hospital
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• EF permitted to be in ER
• EF dedicated to the telecommunications function and related support facilities
• Located near service entrance
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• Power— Connected to Critical Branch
• Environment— HVAC connected to Equipment Branch
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• Permitted to house servers and data storage.
• Other communications equipment permitted
• Not used for any other purpose
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• Not located in sterile area
• Avoid vibration
• Secure
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• Power— Connected to EES (Life Safety or Critical Branch)
— One duplex receptacle per wall – minimum
• Environment— HVAC possibly connected to Equipment Branch
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• Located such that any outlet can be reached within 90 m (292 ft) along the pathway
• Minimum of one per story
• Serve a maximum of 20,000 ft2
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• Transformers and unrelated electrical equipment not allowed
• Secure
• Power— Connected to EES (Critical Branch)
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• Sprinklers— Provide with wire cages or recessed
• Dropped ceiling prohibited
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• Redundant pathways between EF and TER
• Conduits for cabling in inaccessible ceiling spaces
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• Dual telecommunications service entrance pathways shall be provided to EF— Minimum of 20 ft apart
• Underground conduits > 2 ft from steam and water pipes if perpendicular, 6 ft if parallel
• Minimum of 2 ft below grade.
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• Audiovisual and listed
• Supplemental features (alphanumeric pagers, or other wireless devises) permitted
• Patient Area Call Station
• Emergency Call
• Staff Emergency Assistance Call
• Emergency Resuscitation Alarm
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• Basically the same as Category 1
• Redundant pathways and cabling for backbone distribution system not required
• Some reductions in requirements for nurse call systems – visual only without audio permitted
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• Basically the same as Category 1 but— Duel service entrance pathways into the EF not
required,
— Connection to EES not required for power or for HVAC,
— Redundant pathways and cabling for backbone distribution system not required
— Nurse call systems “reserved”
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Chapter 8
Plumbing
Chapter 9
HVAC
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• New Chapter
• Entire chapter a TIA
• No risk categories
• Primarily references to plumbing code
• Some limited information on— Grease interceptors
— Gray waste and clear waste water
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New Chapter
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Many of the provisions are a simple reference to another Document:
ASHRAE
NFPA
Plumbing code
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• All gases other than medical gases – ventilation per NFPA 55
• Outdoor storage/installations of medical gases and cryogenic fluids – Ventilation per NFPA 55
• Chapter 11 medical gases – no requirements
• Transfilling – ventilation per NFPA 55
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• Indoor storage or manifold areas; storage or manifold buildings, for medical gases and cryogenic fluids shall be provided with natural or mechanical exhaust ventilation.
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• Extracted from NFPA 110— Maintain engine water jacket temperature
— Ventilation for cooling room
— Ventilation for cooling engine
— Ventilation for combustion
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Chapter 10
Electrical Equipment
Chapter 11
Gas Equipment
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• Chapter 3 – 3.3.139
• “A space within a location intended for the examination and treatment of patients, extending 1.8 m (6 ft) beyond the normal location of the bed, chair, table, treadmill or other device that supports the patient during examination and treatment and extending vertically to 2.3 m (7 ft 6 in) above the floor.”
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• Patient Care Electrical Appliances and Equipment— Permanently connected - Fixed equipment
— Cord and plug - Portable equipment
— Power cords• Multiple outlet connection on movable equipment
Permanently attached
Ampacity verified
Means to verify additional devices cannot be connected after leakage currents have been verified
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• Testing Requirements – Fixed and Portable— Physical integrity – new annex note
— Resistance
— Leakage current tests• Fixed equipment
— Touch current – portable equipment
— Leakage current tests – portable equipment
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• Nonpatient Electrical Appliances and Equipment - Portable— Vacuum cleaners, polishers, etc.
— Patient care areas• Not to exceed 500 micro amps when in patient vicinity
and in contact with patients
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• Nonpatient Electrical Appliances and Equipment (cont.)— Household or office equipment, without
grounding wire and plug, are allowed if not located within the patient care vicinity
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• Policies— Servicing and Maintenance- Technical
documents must be provided and used to develop maintenance program
• Testing intervals— The facility establishes type of test and intervals
for testing patient care related electrical equipment
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• Entire chapter retroactively applied
• Storage of gases and cylinders
• Performance criteria and testing
• Administration
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• Storage of cylinders (non-flammable gases)— More than 3000 ft3, use Category 1 storage
requirements from Chapter 5
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• Storage of cylinders (non-flammable gases)— More than 300 ft3 but less than 3000 ft3
• Outdoors or secured enclosed interior space of noncombustible or limited combustible construction
• Secured
• Can’t mix oxidizing gases with flammable liquids, gases or vapors
• Separate oxidizing gases from combustible materials
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• Separation — Minimum of 20 ft
— Minimum of 5 ft if AS
— Fire rated cabinet
• Several other limitations from Chapter 5
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Storage in cabinet
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• Storage of cylinders (non-flammable gases)— Less than 300 ft3
• Patient care area not larger than 22,500 ft2, individual cylinders not required to be in enclosures
• Precautions in handling apply
• Cylinders in use do not count
• Cylinders available for IMMEDIATE use are not in storage
• Cylinders cannot be chained to portable or moveable apparatus
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• Operation and Management of Cylinders— Administration
— Special precautions for handling
— Special precautions for making connections
— Special precautions for safety mechanisms
— Special precautions for storage
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• Liquid oxygen equipment – New section
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Chapter 12
Emergency Management
Chapter 13
Security
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• Total rewrite of the chapter
• Coordination with The Joint Commission
• Coordination with NFPA 1600 Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs
• NFPA 1620 Recommended Practice for Pre-Incident Planning
• Extensive annex notes
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• Senior management
• Emergency Management Committee
• Facility category— 1 or 2
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• Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA)
• Mitigation
• Preparedness
• Critical Function Strategies
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• Communications
• Resources and Assets
• Safety and Security
• Clinical Support Activities
• Essential Utilities
• Exterior Connections
• Staff Roles
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• Staff education
• Testing— Twice annually
— Based on HVA
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• Staff education
• Testing— Twice annually
— Based on HVA
• Scope of exercises
• Response
• Recovery
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• Update program yearly— Update the HVA
— Update the EOP
• Maintain records for three years
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• New Chapter
• Facility shall have a security management plan
• Security vulnerability analysis (SVA)
• Responsible person— 30+ responsibilities
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• Security sensitive areas
• Access and egress security measure
• Media control
• Crowd control
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• Security equipment
• Employment practices
• Security operations
• Program evaluation
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• Periodic drills
• Drill critique
• SVA & security plan evaluated annually
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Chapter 14
Hyperbaric Chambers
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• Three classes of chambers— Class A – Human, multiple occupancy
— Class B – Human, single occupancy
— Class C – Animal – no human occupancy
• Construction and equipment— Room containing the chamber shall be AS
• Piping requirements— Totally new requirements
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• Time to evacuate the chamber
• Restriction on Lithium and lithium-ion batteries
• Chamber gas supply monitoring
• Use of class I and II lasers
• Fire protection equipment inside hypobaric chambers
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Chapter 15
Fire Protection Features
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• New Chapter
• Heavily based on NFPA 101— Numerous extracts from NFPA 101
• Entire chapter retroactively applied
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Sprinklers
New Closet Exception
Hospitals only
Patient room closets
Under 6 sq ft
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• Manual extinguishing equipment— Portable fire extinguishers
— Standpipes
• Compact storage
• Maintenance and testing
• Operating rooms
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• 2012 Edition now available
• Co-edited by Rich Bielen and Jim Lathrop
• Over 600 pages
• Now in color (all NFPA handbooks now in color)
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