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Lots of changes are in store for suites of rooms when the 2012 edition of the Life Safety Code is finally adopted, and the changes are all for the better.…
Here is a change in the Life Safety Code that I believe will do more harm than good: Changing what can be left unattended in hospital corridors.…
As we discussed in the previous posting, the healthcare chapters of the Life Safety Code allows for three (3) special locking arrangements:
Electrically locked doors. The 2000 edition of the LSC does not discuss them, directly. However, it does talk about the three types of locks that are…
The current edition of the Life Safety Code (2000 edition) does not allow an unoccupied room (such as a mechanical room, janitor's closet, storage room)…
Ugh. Here's a topic I don't care much about: Bugs. I have consulted in hospitals in the deep south where cockroaches are big enough to saddle and ride in…
On December 8, 1961, a smoldering cigarette that was tossed into the hospital trash chute, ignite some combustibles and started a conflagration that…
Do the ceiling tiles in these pictures look anything like what you may have in your hospital? If so, then you may be out of compliance with the Life…
Remember the rush we all made in the last 10 years or so to install stairwell identification signs inside our stairwells? Well, with the adoption of the…
Q: Is there any formal requirement to have a “contract” with a fire extinguisher company for extinguisher maintenance? I have a copy of their credentials…
Q: In regards to stairwell signage, when you have restrictive access back into the building from a stairwell in accordance with section 7.2.1.5.2 of the…
Q: Can a door that opens onto the corridor have a magnet hold-open device that is not connected to the building fire alarm system, and does not release…
Q: Are dead-bolt locks permitted on patient room doors, to keep unauthorized people from entering the rooms? We have dead-bolt locks on the patient room…
The cigarette butts you see in the picture to the left were found inside a walk-in filter bank in the intake side of a large air handler unit for a…