NFPA 99: What Clinical Engineers and BMETs Need to Know
You won’t want to miss this overview of changes to NFPA 99 Standard for Healthcare Facilities and how they will affect you. Alan Lipschultz, AAMI’s representative to NFPA 99 for 35 years and chair of the NFPA 99 Medical Equipment Committee, describes major changes to the document. The document will define operating rooms as wet procedure locations, therefore requiring isolated power unless a risk assessment finds otherwise. The CE/BMET community needs to know why requirements for leakage current testing have been greatly relaxed. Alan also explains how NFPA 99 is becoming a “Code,” similar to the National Electrical Code, which means that the document is meant to be adopted into local law.
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| Instruction is designed for clinical technology managers, clinical and biomedical engineers, and other healthcare technology professionals dealing with electrical safety and facilities issues. | |
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| RELATED PUBLICATIONS | |
| NFPA 99: Health Care Facilities Code and Handbook |
OBJECTIVES
At the end of this webinar you will:
- Know important dates in the history of the NFPA 99 standard.
- Understand changes to requirements for manufacturers.
- Become aware of modifications that will affect operating rooms’ power sources.
- Be able to define touch current, the new term used for leakage current.
- Be able to locate the new section on liquid oxygen in home care.
- Learn when changes will take effect.
SPEAKER
- Alan Lipschultz, CCE, PE, CHSP - President of AL Consulting LLC; Chair, NFPA 99 Medical Equipment Committee
WEBINAR ON CD
- The webinar on CD includes pdf of handout materials and webinar recording on CD. Please note that the CD is available three weeks after the program.
- $50 for webinar registrants
- $75 for non-registrants
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