NFPA 99: Health Care Facilities Code Handbook, 2012 Edition

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Editors

About the Contributors

PART ONE

NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code, with Commentary

1 Administration

1.1 Scope

1.2 Purpose

1.3 Application

1.4 Equivalency

1.5 Units

1.6 Code Adoption Requirements

2 Referenced Publications

2.1 General

2.2 NFPA Publications

2.3 Other Publications

2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections

3 Definitions

3.1 General

3.2 NFPA Official Definitions

3.3 General Definitions

3.4 BICSI Definitions

4 Fundamentals

4.1 Building System Categories

4.2 Risk Assessment

4.3 Application

5 Gas and Vacuum Systems

5.1 Category 1 Piped Gas and Vacuum Systems

5.2 Category 2 Piped Gas and Vacuum Systems

5.3 Category 3 Piped Gas and Vacuum Systems

6 Electrical Systems

6.1 Applicability

6.2 Nature of Hazards

6.3 Electrical System

6.4 Essential Electrical System Requirements — Type 1

6.5 Essential Electrical System Requirements — Type 2

6.6 Essential Electrical System Requirements — Type 3

7 Information Technology and Communications Systems for Health Care Facilities

7.1 Applicability

7.2 Reserved

7.3 Category 1 Systems

7.4 Category 2 Systems

7.5 Category 3 Systems

8 Plumbing

8.1 Applicability

8.2 System Category Criteria

8.3 General Requirements

9 Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC)

9.1 Applicability

9.2 System Category Criteria

9.3 General

10 Electrical Equipment

10.1 Applicability

10.2 Performance Criteria and Testing for Patient Care–Related Electrical Appliances and Equipment

10.3 Testing Requirements — Fixed and Portable

10.4 Nonpatient Electrical Appliances and Equipment

10.5 Administration

11 Gas Equipment

11.1 Applicability

11.2 Cylinder and Container Source

11.3 Cylinder and Container Storage Requirements

11.4 Performance Criteria and Testing

11.5 Administration

11.6 Operation and Management of Cylinders

11.7 Liquid Oxygen Equipment

12 Emergency Management

12.1 Scope

12.2 Responsibilities

12.3 Matrix Categories

12.4 General

12.5 Category 1 and Category 2 Requirements

13 Security Management

13.1 Scope

13.2 Security Vulnerability Assessment (SVA)

13.3 Responsible Person

13.4 Security-Sensitive Areas

13.5 Access and Egress Security Measures

13.6 Media Control

13.7 Crowd Control

13.8 Security Equipment

13.9 Employment Practices

13.10 Security Operations

13.11 Program Evaluation

14 Hyperbaric Facilities

14.1 Scope

14.2 Construction and Equipment

14.3 Administration and Maintenance

15 Features of Fire Protection

15.1 Applicability

15.2 Construction and Compartmentation

15.3 Special Hazard Protection Flammable Liquids and Gases

15.4 Laboratories

15.5 Utilities

15.6 Rubbish Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes

15.7 Fire Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems

15.8 Automatic Sprinklers and Other Extinguishing Equipment

15.9 Manual Extinguishing Equipment

15.10 Compact Storage

15.11 Compact Mobile Storage

15.12 Maintenance and Testing

15.13 Fire Loss Prevention in Operating Rooms

Annexes

A Explanatory Materials

B Additional Explanatory Notes

C Sample Ordinance Adopting NFPA 99

D Informational References

PART TWO

Supplements

1 Security in Health Care

2 Regulatory Issues Affecting the Safety of Clinical Hyperbaric Medicine Facilities

3 Health Care Emergency Management Response and Recovery: New Orleans

4 Evaluation of Health Care Operating Rooms as Wet/Dry Locations

5 Technical/Substantive Changes to the 2012 Edition of NFPA 99

Index

Important Notices and Disclaimers