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Fire and Life Safety
Fire and Life Safety Updates from the AHCA/NCAL Regulatory Team
Life Safety Update: Mandatory Sprinklers for Existing Nursing Homes
Life Safety Update: Quick Response Sprinkler Heads versus Standard Sprinkler Heads
Life Safety Update: Unprotected Openings in Corridor Walls
Life Safety Update: Staff Participation in Fire Drills
Life Safety Update: Designated Smoking Areas
Life Safety Update: Maintaining 18-inch Clear Space Below Sprinkler Deflectors
Life Safety Update: Fire Safety Evaluation System (FSES)
Additional Fire and Life Safety Resources
Memorandum
CDC releases “New Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Healthcare Settings”
Complying with OSHA's Respiritory Protection Standard
Federal Regulation
CMS Memo: Life Safety Code – Canopy and Overhang Sprinkler Requirements and the Use of the Fire Safety Evaluation System (FSES)
Fire Safety Requirements for Long Term Care Facilities, Automatic Sprinkler Systems
Additional CMS Guidance on Inclusion of Assisted Living in MFP Grants
Issue Brief
Full Sprinklering in Nursing Facilities Saves Lives
Letter
Proposed Guidance on Workplace Stockpiling of Respirators and Facemasks for Pandemic Influenza
Comments on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
AHCA's Letter to CMS Regarding Website Posting of Nursing Facilities Identified as "Targeted for Improvement"
Comments on HHS Developmental Disabilities Program Proposed Rule
Comments to NIOSH on the Proposed Survey of Healthcare Workers' Safety and Health
Comments to OSHA on the Proposed Guidance Concerning Workplace Stockpiling of Respirators and Facemasks for Pandemic Influenza
Letter to OSHA, Clarification of Remedy for Violation of Requirements to Provide PPE and Train Employees Proposed Rule, 73 Federal Register, August 19, 2008
Letter to Rep. Arcuri praising the Long-Term Care Life Safety Act (H.R. 1680)
Letter to Peggye Wilkerson, CMS, on Comments on Survey and Certification letters for ICFs/MR
AHCA/NCAL Comments on CMS Guidance to Secure PHI
Memorandum
CMS Memo: Nursing Homes - Issuance of Revised Nutrition and Sanitary Conditions (Tags F325 and F371) as Part of Appendix PP, State Operations Manual, and Training Materials
Fire and Life Safety Links
House Nursing Facility Fire Safety Act of 2007
Senate Nursing Facility Fire Safety Act of 2007
