Lesson 9: Facility Management & Safety (FMS)

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This chapter deals with the standards for a safe and secure environment for patients, their families, staff and visitors. The standards focus on ensuring an organization conducts regular facility inspection rounds and takes appropriate actions to ensure safety. An organization must have safe water, electricity, medical gases and vacuum systems. An organization must have plans for emergencies and programs for medical and utility equipment management. A hospital must manage hazardous materials in a safe manner.

At the end of the lesson you will be able to understand the standards for:

1. Safe and secure environment
2. Support services and utility systems
3. Biomedical equipment management
4. Medical gases, vacuum and compressed air
5. Fire and non-fire emergencies within the
6. Management of hazardous materials

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