With people in our industry moving around, it is not uncommon to run into plumbing contractors and installers that are not well-versed with the code for the state in which they just moved to.

NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code provides performance criteria for healthcare facilities that follow a risk-based approach, where it is the risk posed to patients, staff or visitors that defines safety guidelines. 

Construction for the first 500 beds was completed April 3, while the rest of the field hospital is expected to be finished by April 24.

The field hospital was rapidly constructed to support the ongoing pandemic and relieve other area hospitals of patient overflows.

The ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force has been established to help deploy ASHRAE’s technical resources to address the challenges of the current pandemic and future epidemics as it relates to the effects of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems on disease transmission in healthcare facilities, the workplace, home, public and recreational environments.

When it comes to ever-changing, the drainage products and technology space fits perfectly in that category.

According to the 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, nearly 26% of U.S. adults — an estimated 61.4 million people — reported having a disability, with mobility-related disability being the most frequently reported type.