Articles Tagged With: fire
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CMS Corrects New Fire Safety Requirements
CMS has published a correction to its recently updated fire safety standards for hospitals, according to the American Hospital Association. -
TJC to Survey Fire Life Safety Code
TJC announced recently that it is now including the 2012 version of the National Fire Protection Association’s 101 Life Safety Code in surveys, following the lead of CMS. The rule covers hospitals, critical access hospitals, inpatient hospices, long-term care facilities, intermediate care facilities, and ambulatory surgical centers.
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Final Rule Published on Fire Safety Requirements
CMS has announced a final rule to update ambulatory surgery centers, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities’ fire protection guidelines to improve protections from fire for all Medicare beneficiaries in facilities.
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For All the World to See: Patients Seriously Burned in OR Fires
A Washington, DC, TV station reports on patients severely burned in OR fires.