Most healthcare facilities’ professionals expect that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and accrediting organizations will adopt the 2012 editions of the National Fire Protection Association’s Life Safety Code (NFPA 101) and Health Care Facilities Code (NFPA 99) within the next year or so, according to an article on the Health Facilities Management website.
The move is expected to bring substantial changes to healthcare facilities' emergency power system management.
Codes affecting emergency power systems will continue to evolve as technology and performance data keep advancing.
Health facilities professionals should be aware of these and other upcoming changes as they attempt to keep up on the latest hospital infrastructure requirements, the article said.
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