ICC,ASHE开发医院,医疗机构的代码更改

International Code Council (ICC)美国医院协会(AHA)的美国医疗保健工程学会(ASHE)正在合作开发一系列建筑代码changes that will result in safe, effective, and efficient provisions for hospital and ambulatory care facilities.

“包括共识驱动的约略的利益相关者oach within the Code Council’s public and transparent code development process is a formula for success and safety,” ICC CEO Richard P. Weiland said. “Together we can create broad-based, model codes that consider affordability and meet the needs of hospitals and other health care facilities without sacrificing安全。”

这joint effort, according to both organizations, aims to:

  • 减少由当地和联邦建筑物以及建造医疗设施时可能出现的重叠的冲突以及消防法规的要求;
  • 减轻负责医疗保健结构代码执行的多个当局之间的混乱;
  • 为新医院和门诊护理设施的设计和建设创建综合建筑和消防法规;
  • 对现有医疗机构的一致代码评估;
    增加在法规开发过程中应用科学,研究,建模和历史数据的机会;和
  • 考虑不降低当前安全水平的成本效益构造替代方案。

ASHE副主任道格拉斯·埃里克森(Douglas S.“我们的成员奉献无数的财务和人力资源,以确保我们的设施不断满足火灾和建筑法规和标准。但是,有一段时间是,不断增加火灾和建筑法规要求的价值会降低投资回报,而现在已经到了。”

As part of its commitment to this collaboration, the ICC Board has approved the creation of a 15-person Ad Hoc Committee on Health Care (iccsafe.org/ahhc) to review and update provisions in the International Codes that impact the construction of new and existing hospitals and ambulatory care facilities. The objective of the committee is to develop code change proposals to the International Codes that will result in the most contemporary, effective, efficient and cost-effective provisions for health care facilities to assure the highest level of safety for patients, employees and other users.

在过去的二十年中,医院的火灾和生命安全风险已大大降低,因此患者因这些不常见事件而受到伤害的风险几乎为零。减少的原因是多种原因,包括禁止在医院吸烟,更好的建筑技术,在新建筑中安装快速响应洒水技术和重大翻新,以及继续努力培训消防安全的医疗保健人员。埃里克森说,医院花在冗余代码上的每一美元都是从直接患者护理中抽出的一美元。

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