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Tour the New St. Vincent Fishers Hospital at the ISHE 2013 Northern Meeting - August 22nd
Join us at the ISHE Northern Meeting, August 22nd from Noon - 4 p.m.
This is unique opportunity to hear about the construction process from BSA LifeStructures, then take a behind the scenes tour of the new facility. Lunch is included in this free event that available only to current ISHE members.
Reserve your space by RSVPing right now at http://www.isheweb.org/content/rsvp-northern2013.php.
Health Care Engineer Job Opportunity
The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) is currently seeking a Health Care Engineer to conduct plan reviews and related work to obtain compliance with applicable laws, rules, and standards in conformance with the mission and vision of the Indiana State Department of Health, to protect public health in the construction and operation of hospitals, ambulatory outpatient surgery centers, long term care facilities, daycares, and schools. Emphasis of this position is on safety, sanitation, water supply, sewage disposal, and licensing requirements.
See more information about this job posting at http://www.isheweb.org/health-care-engineer-isdh/.
CMS exempts end stage renal disease facilities from NFPA 101
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has exempted many end-stage renal disease (ESRD) facilities from requirements under NFPA 101: Life Safety CodeŽ. Under a new CMS memo, the only ESRD facilities that must still comply with NFPA 101 are those adjacent to high hazardous occupancies and those that do not exit to the outside at grade level from the patient treatment area. All ESRD facilities are still required to comply with state and local fire codes and other safety standards. CMS published regulations in 2008 requiring ESRD facilities to comply with provisions of NFPA 101. CMS said in its new memo that the agency has since determined that many of the structural requirements included in the Life Safety Code are unnecessary in ESRD facilities. CMS said the NFPA 101 requirements support a defend-in-place fire strategy, but in ESRD facilities the fire evacuation process entails a patient's rapid disconnection from a dialysis machine and quick exit. The full CMS memo is available online.
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