Maintaining life safety compliance in healthcare facilities

Negative outcomes in compliance can result in poor public relations


Achieving and maintaining life safety compliance in a healthcare facility can be a very daunting task but cannot be ignored, according to an article from Building Operating Management on the FacilitiesNet website.

Negative outcomes in compliance can result in poor public relations for a facility or even loss of federal monies.

But facility managers can ease the stress by taking steps provide a road map for moving a facility toward compliance.

Applying these steps will bring a facility into compliance and could change a culture from one of complacency to one of diligence. 

Read the article.

 

 



February 13, 2019


Topic Area: Regulations, Codes & Standards


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