ASPE announces intent to develop a new standard on critical care DWV systems
In accordance with ASPE’s Procedures for Design Standard Development, ASPE announces the initiation of a project to develop a new standard on critical-care drain, waste and vent (DWV) piping systems.
Over the past 50 years, premise plumbing water systems have been a source of public health outbreaks (e.g., Legionella and Pseudomonas aeruginosa), especially in healthcare settings, but none of the current standards or guidelines, published or under development, address the hazards associated with the transmission of healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) due to the design and maintenance of the plumbing DWV piping systems, specifically in the critical-care (i.e., intensive care) departments of a healthcare facility. ASPE 82–202x: Plumbing Design Methodology to Reduce the Risk of Hospital-Acquired Infection (HAI) Transmission by Means of Critical Care Drain, Waste, and Vent Piping Systems seeks to close that gap.