Health care facilities code handbook
By: edited by Richard P. Bielen, James K. Lathrop
Contributors: National Fire Protection Association
Edition: 9th ed.
Publisher: National Fire Protection Association
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Quincy, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 646
ISBN-13: 9781616651411
Subjects: Fires and fire prevention; Safety Management; Codes; Health Facilities; NFPA 99; Health facilities; Handbooks, manuals; Standards; Fires; Nursing homes; Health care facilities; Prevention & control; Hospitals
Other titles: NFPA 99, 2012 edition
Notes: "With the complete text of the 2012 edition of NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code."

"99HB12."--P. 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code, with commentary; title: 1. Administration; title: 2. Referenced publications; title: 3. Definitions; title: 4. Fundamentals; title: 5. Gas and vacuum systems; title: 6. Electrical systems; title: 7. Information technology and communications systems for health care facilities; title: 8. Plumbing; title: 9. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC); title: 10. Electrical equipment; title: 11. Gas equipment; title: 12. Emergency management; title: 13. Security management; title: 14. Hyperbaric facilities; title: 15. Features of fire protection; title: Annexes; title: A. Explanatory materials; title: B. Additional explanatory notes; title: C. Sample ordinance adopting NFPA 99; title: D. Informational references; title: Supplements; title: 1. Security in health care; title: 2. Regulatory issues affecting the safety of clinical hyperbaric medicine facilities; title: 3. Health care emergency management response and recovery: New Orleans; title: 4. Evaluation of health care operating rooms as wet/dry Locations; title: 5. Technical/substantive changes to the 2012 Edition of NFPA 99.