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2009 International Conference and Exhibition on Health Facility Planning Design and Construction

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2009 Joint Commission Standards and Their Impact on the Health Care Environment

Track : Plenary

Program Code: 470

Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Time: 4:15 PM to 5:15 PM MST

Location: North Ballroom A-C

PRIMARY SPEAKER (S):

Douglas Erickson, FASHE, CHFM, Deputy Executive Director, American Society for Healthcare Engineering, Chicago, IL

Mr. Erickson is currently the Deputy Executive Director the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE). He is a Fellow of the Society (FASHE), a certified healthcare facility manager (CHFM), and a certified healthcare facility design professional (HFDP). He has been providing service to the health care community for over 30 years in the areas of Joint Commission Environment of Care compliance, NFPA Life Safety Code� compliance, management evaluations of engineering departments and environmental infection control. He is the past director of engineering for the Joint Commission (1977 � 1981) and past director of design and construction for the American Hospital Association (1985 � 1995). He currently represents the AHA/ASHE membership on multiple National Fire Protection Association Technical Committees such as, NFPA 101 Life Safety Code, NFPA 1 Uniform Fire Code, NFPA 5000 Building Construction and Safety Code, NFPA 90A Heating and Ventilating Code, NFPA 70 National Electrical Code � Panel 15, and is the immediate past chairman of NFPA 110 Emergency Power Supply Systems and the current chair of NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Technical Committees. Mr. Erickson has served on the AIA Guidelines for the Design and Construction of Hospitals and Health Care Facilities since 1978, has been the Vice Chairman of the document for the past 10 years and is the Chairman of the 2010 edition. He is a past Chairman of the NFPA�s Health Care Section and a past member of NFPA�s Standards Council and a past member of Joint Commission�s Committee on Health Care Safety on which he served for over 6 years. Mr. Erickson is a member of ASHRAE and severed on its special project committee to write the Hospital and Clinics HVAC System Design Manual. He was also a member of the CDC review committee for the Guidelines of Environmental Infection Control. He is a featured speaker at national and local conferences on codes, standards, and environmental infection control.

George Mills, FASHE, CEM, CHFM, Senior Engineer, Standards Interpretation Group, The Joint Commission

Audio Synchronized to PowerPoint

(Code: 470)

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Full Conference Set

Session Recordings Tracked by Day - March 10, 2009

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(Code: 470)

Regular Attendee: Free

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