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Manual: Life Safety and Interim Life Safety Management Manual (Ver 4) External Reference: (JCAHO EC.5.10, EC.5.40, NFPA)
MCN’s customizable template, Fire Protection Systems - Inspecting, Testing and Maintaining Guidelines, is taken from our Life Safety and Interim Life Safety Management Manual. MCN Healthcare’s proven policy and procedure templates, competencies and compliance tools have assisted more than 20,000 health care organizations worldwide meet their regulatory compliance goals. MCN provides more than 80 health care specific policy and procedure manuals for Acute Care Hospitals, Ambulatory Care, Behavioral Health, Home Health, Physician Practice, and Long Term Care. MCN’s policy and procedure manuals focus on the latest healthcare "hot topic" issues related to patient safety and prevention of medical healthcare errors. Here is some sample content from Fire Protection Systems - Inspecting, Testing and Maintaining Guidelines:
| | Equipment
Testing Interval
Scheduled Test Date
Actual Test Date
Initials
Supervisory signal devices except valve tamper switches
At least quarterly
Valve tamper switches
At least semiannually
Water flow devices
At least semiannually
All duct detectors
At least annually
Electromechanical releasing devices
At least annually
Heat detectors
At least annually
Manual fire alarm boxes
At least annually
Smoke detectors
At least annually
Occupant alarm notification devices
At least annually
Audible devices
At least annually
Speakers and visible devices
At least annually
Emergency forces notification... |
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Fire department connections
At least quarterly
Kitchen automatic fire extinguisher systems discharge of fire extinguishing system not required
At least semiannually
Carbon dioxide and other gaseous automatic fire extinguishing systems discharge of fire extinguishing system not required
At least annually
Portable fire extinguishers
At least monthly
Maintained annually
Stand pipes:
Occupant hoses
Hydrostatically tested 5 years after installation;
every 3 years thereafter
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