Web Case Study-Medical Center's Proactive Barrier Management Program Provides Solution to Firestopping Challenges
An innovative fire barrier management program provided to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center by Specified Technologies, Inc. helps maintain the integrity of its fire-rated walls.
The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, located in Baltimore, MD, has a long and distinguished history of service and medical excellence. Founded in 1773, it is one of the oldest, continuous health care systems on the East Coast. In Dec. 2003, the center was scheduled for an inspection by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO). Accreditation by JCAHO is a nationwide seal of approval that indicates that an organization meets high performance standards. It is based on the results of surveys that JCAHO conducts every three years in three specific areas: Administrative, Delivery of Patient Care, and Environment of Care. The surveys rate health care facilities on the implementation of certain customized standards. One of the standards in the Environment of Care area requires that any penetrations above the ceiling must be properly sealed in order to maintain the integrity of the fire-rated walls.
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