Download or read book Electrical services supply and distribution written by Great Britain: Department of Health: Estates and Facilities Division and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-04-18 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part B, Operational management, provides guidance for all workers on the fixed wiring and integral electrical equipment used for electrical services within healthcare premises. Specifically, it considers the operational management and maintenance requirements for hard-wired electrical systems and fixed power plant. This document is suitable for use with all forms of electrical maintenance work ranging from testing of plant, such as generators, to the periodic testing and inspection of the electrical network(s) and final circuits.
Download or read book Electrical safety guidance for low voltage systems written by Great Britain: Department of Health: Estates and Facilities Division and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-12-12 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document replaces and supersedes all previous versions of Health Technical Memorandum 2020 - Safety code for low voltage systems. On cover & title page: Electrical services
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Download or read book Best Practice Guidance for Healthcare Engineering written by Great Britain and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-12-11 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication contains guidance on the standards and principles applicable to all health technical memoranda in this series in relation to the management of engineering and technical service provision in the NHS and other healthcare facilities. It seeks to ensure that everyone concerned with the management, design, procurement and use of the healthcare facility understands the requirements of the specialist, critical building and engineering technology involved, in order to provide effective and reliable systems and a safe and caring environment for patient care. It is divided into nine chapters and topics covered include: an overview of the Health technical memoranda (HTM) series; statutory and legislative requirements; appropriate professional and technical support; operational policies; emergency preparedness; staff training; design and access availability.
Download or read book Facilities for cardiac services written by Great Britain: Department of Health: Estates and Facilities Division and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-12-11 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This documents contains best practice advice on the design and layout of new cardiac facilities within acute general hospitals, and the recommendations should also be applied when existing facilities are upgraded, where practical. It covers the following facilities: dedicated out-patient units for provision of consultation/examination and patient support/information services; non-invasive investigations units (for example for undertaking ECGs and echocardiography, and analysis of pacemakers and other implantable devices; catheter laboratories and associated facilities; minor cardiac procedures rooms; dedicated day case units (for admission, preparation, recovery and discharge of day patients undergoing invasive procedures; cardiac operating theatres and associated facilities. Key legislation affecting the provision of cardiac facilities is also highlighted. This edition of HBN 28 replaces the 2001 edition (ISBN 0113224559).
Download or read book Safe management of healthcare waste written by Great Britain: Department of Health: Estates and Facilities Division and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-02-08 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication provides a framework of best practice guidance on the management of healthcare waste to help healthcare organisations and other producers meet legislative requirements. It replaces the Health Services Advisory Committee guidance document 'Safe disposal of clinical waste' (1999). The guidance has been revised and updated to take account of legislative changes governing waste management, storage, carriage, treatment and disposal, health and safety. Key recommendations include: adopting a new methodology for identifying and classifying infectious and medicinal waste called the 'unified approach'; a revised colour-coded best practice waste segregation and packaging system to promote standardisation across the UK; the use of European Waste Catalogue (EWC) codes for waste documentation; and an offensive/hygiene waste stream to describe non-infectious waste (human hygiene waste and sanitary protection waste such as nappies, incontinence pads etc.).
Download or read book The control of Legionella hygiene safe hot water cold water and drinking water systems written by Great Britain: Department of Health: Estates and Facilities Division and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-12-11 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication outlines the principles involved in design, installation and testing of hot and cold water supply, storage and distribution systems for health care premises It is apllicable to both new and existing sites. A companion volume, Part B, Operational management (ISBN 0113227450) is also available. HTM 04-01 supersedes HTM 2027 (1995) and HTM 2040 (1994)
Download or read book Electrical safety guidance for low voltage systems written by Great Britain: Department of Health: Estates and Facilities Division and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-12-12 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document replaces and supersedes all previous versions of Health Technical Memorandum 2020 - Safety code for low voltage systems. On cover & title page: Electrical services
Download or read book Firecode fire safety in the NHS written by Great Britain: Department of Health: Estates and Facilities Division and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-04-18 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Health Technical Memorandum takes the form of best practice guidance and recommendations. It provides guidance on the design of fire precautions in new healthcare buildings and major extensions to existing healthcare buildings. It supersedes HTM 81 (ISBN 9780113210824), and HTM 85 (ISBN 9780113217335). This publication provides guidance to achieve a satisfactory standard of fire safety, and recognizes the special requirements of fire precautions in the design of healthcare premises and should allow the current statutory regulations to be applied sensibly within a framework of understanding. The guidance in this HTM satisfies all requirements of Part B - Fire Safety of the Building Regulations 2000 (as amended).
Download or read book The treatment recovery recycling and safe disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment written by Department of Health: Estates and Facilities Division and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-09-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations (S.I. 2006/3289, ISBN 9780110754796) introduce a new legal framework for the disposal of electrical and electronic equipment by householders and non-household users. This guidance document explains the requirements of the WEEE Regulations and how they affect NHS trusts as users of non-household equipment. Issues covered include: the objectives and scope of the Regulations; key dates and deadlines; links between procurement and disposal; the need to track EEE purchases made at a department/ward level; considerations involved in accepting end-of-life responsibility from producers in new procurement; and links with other waste management legislation.
Download or read book Electrical safety guidance for high voltage systems written by Great Britain: Department of Health: Estates and Facilities Division and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-12-12 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document sets out operational guidance on electrical safety requirements for high voltage systems in healthcare premises. It is intended to assist in meeting the requirements of the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 which detail the precautions to be taken against risk of death or personal injury from electricity in work activities. This document replaces and supersedes all previous versions of Health Technical Memorandum 2021 'Safety code for high voltage systems'.
Download or read book Medical Gas Pipeline Systems written by Department of Health: Estates and Facilities Division and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-10-17 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A medical gas pipeline system (MGPS) is installed to provide a safe, convenient and cost-effective system for the provision of medical gases to clinical and nursing staff at the point-of-use. It reduces the problems associated with the use of gas cylinders, such as safety, storage and noise. This health technical memoranda is divided into two parts; part A (ISBN 0113227426) focuses on issues involved in the design and installation, validation and verification (testing and commissioning) of an MGPS. This document covers operational management issues, including: operational policy and procedures, and the permit-to-work system; training and communication; cylinder management; general safety; and maintenance.
Download or read book Pathology laboratory gas systems written by Department of Health: Estates and Facilities Division and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-04-26 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On cover & title page: Specialist services
Download or read book Clinical Engineering Handbook written by Ernesto Iadanza and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinical Engineering Handbook, Second Edition, covers modern clinical engineering topics, giving experienced professionals the necessary skills and knowledge for this fast-evolving field. Featuring insights from leading international experts, this book presents traditional practices, such as healthcare technology management, medical device service, and technology application. In addition, readers will find valuable information on the newest research and groundbreaking developments in clinical engineering, such as health technology assessment, disaster preparedness, decision support systems, mobile medicine, and prospects and guidelines on the future of clinical engineering.As the biomedical engineering field expands throughout the world, clinical engineers play an increasingly important role as translators between the medical, engineering and business professions. In addition, they influence procedures and policies at research facilities, universities, and in private and government agencies. This book explores their current and continuing reach and its importance. Presents a definitive, comprehensive, and up-to-date resource on clinical engineering Written by worldwide experts with ties to IFMBE, IUPESM, Global CE Advisory Board, IEEE, ACCE, and more Includes coverage of new topics, such as Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Decision Support Systems (DSS), Mobile Apps, Success Stories in Clinical Engineering, and Human Factors Engineering
Download or read book Transport Management and Car parking written by Department of Health: Estates and Facilities Division and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-05-10 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this guidance is to identify best practice in developing travel plans and providing adequate car-parking for NHS trust in England. (Travel plans are measures to manage travel to and from a site, and to reduce reliance on the car as a means of getting to work.) The guidance also assesses the Department for Transport's travel plan evaluation tool against NHS trust travel plans; provides a matrix to estimate a base level of car-parking provision (on the accompanying CD-ROM); identifies links to other assessment tools; suggests how to collect and monitor data; identifies successful partnership working, what encourages and motivates trusts, staff and the public; considers environmentally-friendly transport options. The key elements of best practice are: financial incentives or disincentives; car-parking constraints and management; a range of alternative modes of transport; strong management support; progressive incremental implementation over time; clear objectives; close partnership with local authorities and public transport operators; dedicated staff responsible for travel plans; and, very significantly, designation of a travel plan manager or champion.
Download or read book Crossing the Quality Chasm written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-08-19 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second in a series of publications from the Institute of Medicine's Quality of Health Care in America project Today's health care providers have more research findings and more technology available to them than ever before. Yet recent reports have raised serious doubts about the quality of health care in America. Crossing the Quality Chasm makes an urgent call for fundamental change to close the quality gap. This book recommends a sweeping redesign of the American health care system and provides overarching principles for specific direction for policymakers, health care leaders, clinicians, regulators, purchasers, and others. In this comprehensive volume the committee offers: A set of performance expectations for the 21st century health care system. A set of 10 new rules to guide patient-clinician relationships. A suggested organizing framework to better align the incentives inherent in payment and accountability with improvements in quality. Key steps to promote evidence-based practice and strengthen clinical information systems. Analyzing health care organizations as complex systems, Crossing the Quality Chasm also documents the causes of the quality gap, identifies current practices that impede quality care, and explores how systems approaches can be used to implement change.
Download or read book Decontamination in Hospitals and Healthcare written by James T. Walker and published by Woodhead Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decontamination in Hospitals and Healthcare, Second Edition, enables users to obtain detailed knowledge of decontamination practices in healthcare settings, including surfaces, devices, clothing and people, with a specific focus on hospitals and dental clinics. Offers in-depth coverage of all aspects of decontamination in healthcare Examines the decontamination of surgical equipment and endoscopes Expanded to include new information on behavioral principles in decontamination, control of microbiological problems, waterborne microorganisms, pseudomonas and the decontamination of laundry
