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Key Business Issues
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Hospital Facility Safety / TJC
The Joint Commission Compliance
In order to become or remain accredited by The Joint Commision (TJC),
a hospital must provide safe, high quality health care. TJC references specific
OSHA, NFPA, EPA and other regulations in its Environment of Care Crosswalk,
stressing the requirement to comply with these important safety rules.
The Joint Commision provides three standards chapters related to
Environment of Care management:
•Environment of Care (EC) chapter
•Emergency Management (EM) chapter
•Life Safety (LS) chapter
Brady Visual Lockout Procedure Service (page434)
An on-site comprehensive service in which Brady engineers come to the
facility and create equipment-specific procedures. This service can be
completed in a matter of days – saving hospitals significant time and money
on lockout compliance! The service includes:
•On-site equipment assessment performed by Brady engineers
•Compliant, easy-to-follow procedures for each piece of equipment
•Installation of laminated procedures and energy source ID tags directly
on equipment
•Electronic and hard copies of all machine-specific LOTO procedures
•Employee training for updating and creating additional procedures
•Recommended Lockout Tagout product list based on facility needs
WhatEquipmentRequires
Lockout Procedures?
A typical hospital has 100 to 300 or more pieces of equipment
that require written procedures!
Common hospital equipment that requires lockout procedures:
•Boilers and Chillers
•Generators
•Vacuum pumps
•Sterilizers
•Air handlers
•And more!
Additional Brady Services
Brady’s hospital identification services and products can also help
hospitals meet TJC requirements for:
•Labeling of Hazardous Chemicals to meet new GHS regulations
•Confined Spaces Procedures
•Safety Signage Audits and Labeling
•Emergency Egress
•And more!
OSHACFR1910.147TheControlofHazardous
Energy(LockoutTagout)
Machine-specific Lockout Tagout procedures are
required for equipment that has more than one energy
source, as well as for equipment that has a single energy
source in most conditions.
OSHA and EPA Regulation Summary:
Did You Know?
The US Department of Veterans
Affairs has confirmed that its hospital
facilities are required to comply with
OSHA standards. VA recognizes
that equipment-specific lockout
procedures will improve safety. It
has directed its medical centers
to develop specific SOP’s for de-
energizing and/or releasing stored
energy in the identified energized
equipment
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