This instructor-led training covers the code requirements found in the 2024 edition of NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code.

This training will give you an opportunity to assess and mitigate risks to patients and staff in health care facilities, including classifying the various types of medical gas and vacuum systems, categorizing electrical systems and their associated potential hazards, and identifying the components of an emergency operations plan.

Course Objectives include

• Identify the scope, purpose, and application of NFPA 99
• Perform a risk assessment
• Apply the requirements of NFPA 99 for gas and vacuum systems
• Identify the components of an emergency operations plan
• Identify the components of a security management program
• Determine normal and emergency electrical system requirements for a given facility
• Identify the requirements for patient and nonpatient electrical equipment
• Determine the IT and communications systems requirements for a given facility
• Identify the key points for plumbing and HVAC systems within NFPA 99
• Explain the three types (classes) of chambers found within hyperbaric facilities
• Identify fire protection requirements specific to health care facilities and operating rooms

Who will benefit

• Facility maintenance personnel
• Health care architects, designers, and engineers
• Health care executive directors