Life Safety Management™

Effective management of life safety requires a comprehensive program that includes procedures for the ongoing inspection of common life safety elements (similarly to what was prescribed under the original Joint Commission Building Maintenance Program), management of the Plan for Improvement of the Statement of Conditions (SOC), and a hospital’s existing maintenance management process.

ATG’s comprehensive Life Safety Management™ (LSM) solution not only addresses the present and the upcoming 2009 Joint Commission requirements, as well as allowing healthcare organizations to maximize the usage of their own resources while dealing with this critical subject.

The unique feature of ATG’s comprehensive LSM solution is its ability to allow the inspection process and the SOC's Plan for Improvement (PFI) management to work seamlessly with most existing work order or computerized maintenance management systems.

With ATG’s LSM, a facility can minimize their efforts related to the preparation and management of PFI information since the majority of recurring issues such as improper latches, unsealed penetrations, burnt out exit signs, etc. are detected as part of the life safety inspection, and if addressable within a 45-day period*, are excluded from the SOC. This will significantly reduce costs associated with the preparation and management of PFI data, including efforts related to uploading the information onto the Joint Commission site.

ATG’s LSM solution allows a seamless process for the inspection and testing of the recurring life safety issues, with all the required reporting, including inspection, history, and trending reports built into the solution.
Utilizing a highly intuitive, web-based component of the solution, the facility can then generate a variety of SOC and in-house inspection reports, including a report identifying the failed life safety elements, which is then submitted to the facility maintenance department.

ATG’s comprehensive Life Safety Management solution automatically creates PFIs for elements that are not addressable within the 45-day period, thus satisfying the 2009 Joint Commission Life Safety requirements.

*As proposed by the Joint Commission for 2009. Current period is 30 days.

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