NFPA 99 2015

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NFPA 99: Health Care Facilities Code

Published By	Publication Date	Number of Pages
NFPA	2015	214

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Building on its successful risk-based approach, the 2015 edition of NFPA 99: Health Care Facilities Code improves usability for better health care safety. The 2015 edition NFPA 99: Health Care Facilities Code provides performance criteria for health care facilities that builds on the risk-based approach introduced in the 2012 NFPA 99, where it is the risk posed to patients and staff, not the type of building, that defines safety guidelines. Provisions govern installation, inspection, testing, maintenance, performance, and safe practices for facilities, material, equipment, and appliances — including medical gas and vacuum systems formerly found in NFPA 99C*. Major changes in the 2015 NFPA 99 make performance criteria more usable, enforceable, and adoptable: Requirements correlate with the 2014 NFPA 70®: National Electrical Code®. New provisions address using fuel cell systems for backup power, allowing the use of new technology while ensuring the same minimum level of safety. Type 3 Essential Electrical System requirements have been removed from NFPA 99 — deferring to other codes for required egress lighting. Updated requirements for nurse call systems incorporate widely used terminology and align with the Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI). Other revisions respond to new information and the evolving industry. Revised minimum allowable temperature for cylinders for nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide help avoid potential loss of pressure. Rewritten Category 3 Medical Gas and Vacuum Systems provisions are aligned with the requirements for Category 1 and 2 Systems, with requirements specific to dental drive gas and dental vacuum systems. First-time requirements for oxygen-concentrator-based refilling systems reflect their increasing use in today\’s health care setting. Keep health care facilities up-to-code and patients and staff safe. The 2015 NFPA 99 is a must-have resource for everyone involved in health care safety including contractors, engineers, facility managers, AHJs, plumbers, gas and vacuum system installers, security personnel, insurance companies, and manufacturers.

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PDF Pages	PDF Title
2	Important Notices and Disclaimers
3	Additional Notices and Disclaimers
4	2.1 General 2.2 NFPA Publications
17	Chapter 1 Administration 1.1 Scope 1.2 Purpose 1.3 Application
18	1.4 Equivalency 1.5 Units 1.6 Code Adoption Requirements Chapter 2 Referenced Publications
19	2.3 Other Publications
20	2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections
21	Chapter 3 Definitions 3.1 General 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions 3.3 General Definitions
28	3.4 BICSI Definitions Chapter 4 Fundamentals 4.1 Risk Categories
29	4.2 Risk Assessment 4.3 Application 4.4 Materials Chapter 5 Gas and Vacuum Systems 5.1 Category 1 Piped Gas and Vacuum Systems
62	5.2 Category 2 Piped Gas and Vacuum Systems
63	5.3 Category 3 Piped Gas and Vacuum Systems
70	Chapter 6 Electrical Systems 6.1 Applicability
71	6.2 Nature of Hazards 6.3 Electrical System
75	6.4 Essential Electrical System Requirements — Type 1
83	6.5 Essential Electrical System Requirements — Type 2
84	Chapter 7 Information Technology and Communications Systems 7.1 Applicability 7.2 Reserved 7.3 Category 1 Systems
87	7.4 Category 2 Systems
88	7.5 Category 3 Systems Chapter 8 Plumbing 8.1 Applicability 8.2 System Category Criteria 8.3 General Requirements
89	8.4 Category 1. (Reserved) 8.5 Category 2. (Reserved) 8.6 Category 3. (Reserved) Chapter 9 Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) 9.1 Applicability 9.2 System Category Criteria 9.3 General
90	9.4 Category 1. (Reserved) 9.5 Category 2. (Reserved) 9.6 Category 3. (Reserved)
91	Chapter 10 Electrical Equipment 10.1 Applicability 10.2 Performance Criteria and Testing for Patient Care–Related Electrical Appliances and Equipment
92	10.3 Testing Requirements — Fixed and Portable
93	10.4 Nonpatient Electrical Appliances and Equipment 10.5 Administration
96	Chapter 11 Gas Equipment 11.1 Applicability 11.2 Cylinder and Container Source
97	11.3 Cylinder and Container Storage Requirements 11.4 Performance Criteria and Testing
98	11.5 Administration
99	11.6 Operation and Management of Cylinders
101	11.7 Liquid Oxygen Equipment Chapter 12 Emergency Management 12.1 Applicability
102	12.2 Responsibilities 12.3 Emergency Management Categories 12.4 General 12.5 Emergency Management Category 1 and Emergency Management Category 2 Requirements
106	Chapter 13 Security Management 13.1 Applicability 13.2 Security Management Plan 13.3 Security Vulnerability Assessment (SVA) 13.4 Responsible Person 13.5 Security-Sensitive Areas
107	13.6 Access and Egress Security Measures 13.7 Media Control 13.8 Crowd Control 13.9 Security Equipment 13.10 Employment Practices 13.11 Security Operations 13.12 Program Evaluation
108	Chapter 14 Hyperbaric Facilities 14.1 Scope 14.2 Construction and Equipment
117	14.3 Administration and Maintenance
120	Chapter 15 Features of Fire Protection 15.1 Applicability 15.2 Construction and Compartmentation 15.3 Special Hazard Protection for Flammable Liquids and Gases
121	15.4 Laboratories 15.5 Utilities 15.6 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Linen Chutes 15.7 Fire Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems
122	15.8 Automatic Sprinklers and Other Extinguishing Equipment
123	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
124	Annex A Explanatory Material
174	Annex B Additional Explanatory Notes
191	Annex C Sample Ordinance Adopting NFPA 99
192	Annex D Informational References
196	Index