I’m putting the finishing touches on my lunch and learn presentation for this Thursday, September 29th (1 PM Eastern). If you work with health care facilities in any capacity, this virtual session will help keep you up to date on some of the code requirements specific to these occupancies. I’m presenting the class for the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE), but it is open to anyone who would like…
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A message from our Advocacy Chair
Members, Colleagues & Friends, I attended the Q3 ASHE Advocacy meeting on 9/14/22 and enclosed is some pertinent information from that meeting. The NFPA Technical meeting in June went well. There were 5 notices of intent to make motions. ASHRAE – working on developing a decarbonization design guide for focusing on hospital. ASHRAE/ASHE 170 – Ventilation for Healthcare facility 2021 edition is available. They are evaluating fan assisted natural ventilation….
Important message from our Advocacy Chair, Tricia Romano, PE
Members, Colleagues & Friends, I will be attending the upcoming quarterly ASHE Advocacy meeting in September where we make recommendations of topics to the Member Tools Task Force to develop articles and tools for next year. These articles and tools will be developed to help healthcare professionals to better optimize the physical environment and will be published in various formats within the HFM Magazine. Please email me at TLR@lockatong.com with any current…
Crystal Leadership Award Recipient
Dear HFMSNJ Members, Colleagues & Friends, Each year the distinguished ASHE Crystal Eagle Leadership award recognizes one outstanding member for their excellent leadership qualities, innovation and overall contribution to the ASHE and/or the field of healthcare engineering and facility management. We are beyond proud of our very own James (Jim) Shoemaker for receiving this award at ASHE”s 59th annual conference in Boston this July. Please take a look at the…
ASHE Chapter Award
Dear HFMSNJ Members, Colleagues & Friends, It is with great pleasure to inform you we fulfilled the requirements of the ASHE 2021 Levels of Affiliation Awards program. We successfully earned the status of Platinum for the 30th consecutive year (since 1992)! The HFMSNJ has been a Platinum Chapter since ASHE created the Chapter Awards. Although compiling the detailed submission is a lengthy and nuanced task, it is always worth it!…
Controlling Legionella Bacteria
Toolkit for Controlling Legionella in Common Sources of Exposure The Toolkit for Controlling Legionella in Common Sources of Exposure (Legionella Control Toolkit) provides public health and building owners and operators with concise, actionable information on controlling Legionella in commonly implicated sources of Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks. It helps focus and improve Legionella control efforts and protect the safety of a building’s employees, visitors, and surrounding community. CDC.gov Toolkit for controlling Legionella
Energy to Care Program
ASHE’s Energy to Care Program is a confidential and complimentary energy reduction program that helps health care facilities track, manage and communicate energy savings. The Energy to Care program offers four major products lines – all deliberately designed to meet the needs of its members whether they are new to energy management or seasoned veterans to the field. The Energy to Care program was developed by hospital engineers and consultants…
NJDEP Air Permit Requirement
The NJDEP updated regulations in 2007 that limited testing of emergency generators on unhealthy air quality days. The regulation does allow testing on these days if required by a Federal or State Regulation. Since 2007, there was an understanding with the NJDEP that hospital and medical facilities that are required to comply with NFPA, DOH, Joint Commission and DNV (which are Federal/State regulations) would be allowed to test when the…
