Compliance Check List
Are you in or out of Compliance?
In today's dynamic regulatory environment, it's becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with the changing standards and regulations on the safe use, testing, and maintenance of your medical gases. For example, did you know that the 2002 NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) 99 Standard for Healthcare Facilities included the most extensive changes in the publication's history? There were over 56 substantive technical changes.
When you're trying to determine if you are in our out of compliance, ask yourself these questions:
Regarding the Joint Commission
Regarding the NFPA-99 2002 Standard
Regarding General Risk Management
For the complexities involved in medical gas systems management, let the experts at Praxair Healthcare Services help. Praxair offers a variety of medical gas services. For example, Praxair's custom 95 point introductory on-site survey would include the following:
Praxair's custom 95 point survey provides a written report to assist you in your maintenance evaluation and preparing for your The Joint Commission survey.
In today's dynamic regulatory environment, it's becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with the changing standards and regulations on the safe use, testing, and maintenance of your medical gases. For example, did you know that the 2002 NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) 99 Standard for Healthcare Facilities included the most extensive changes in the publication's history? There were over 56 substantive technical changes.
When you're trying to determine if you are in our out of compliance, ask yourself these questions:
Regarding the Joint Commission
 | » | Is the required periodic inspection of your medical gas systems complete? |
| » | Will your documentation satisfy the surveyor? |
Regarding the NFPA-99 2002 Standard
| » | Does your medical gas installation equipment meet the new specifications? |
| » | Do your installers and verifiers meet the new training qualifications? |
| » | Will your emergency oxygen connection locations meet the new stipulations? |
| » | Does your oxygen manifold utilize flexible pigtails? (polymeric or TFE lined now prohibited) |
| » | Are the alarms for your source equipment adequate? |
| » | Does your medical air dryer meet the new specification (32°F)? |
Regarding General Risk Management
| » | Does your medical gas consultant carry an adequate level of Completed Operations, Product Liability, Professional and General Liability Insurance? |
| » | Are your records up-to-date? |
For the complexities involved in medical gas systems management, let the experts at Praxair Healthcare Services help. Praxair offers a variety of medical gas services. For example, Praxair's custom 95 point introductory on-site survey would include the following:
| » | Inspect O2 -USP, N2 O-USP, N2-NF, Medical Air and Surgical Vacuum source equipment |
| » | Survey master alarms |
| » | Perform medical gas analysis |
| » | Source of supply leak detection |
| » | Evaluate stand-by oxygen reserve system for adequate size and expected duration of use |
| » | Review emergency supply connections |
Praxair's custom 95 point survey provides a written report to assist you in your maintenance evaluation and preparing for your The Joint Commission survey.
