NFPA Hdbk 99 05 2005
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NFPA 99: Health Care Facilities Handbook
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| NFPA | 2005 | 716 |
Ensure fire and life safety in health care facilities, and achieve compliance success with the roadmap to the 2005 NFPA 99!
Need more clarification on the added pipe joining methods, fabric restrictions inside hyperbaric chambers, or any of the other changes in the 2005 NFPA 99? You’ll find expert advice, examples, and more in the Health Care Facilities Handbook! Written by authorities who helped develop NFPA 99 and based on questions from the field, it’s a ready source for answers to your application questions.
Address critical issues involving patient and staff safety!
The Handbook contains the full Standard text, insightful commentary, FAQs, plus hundreds of illustrations and photos–everything you need to handle any situation on the job. Commentary appears in blue so it’s easy to distinguish from Standard requirements. It’s a valuable resource for installers of hospital equipment, safety engineers, facilities managers and directors, architects, engineers, design firms, AHJs, inspectors, and enforcers.
PDF Catalog
| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Health Care Facilities Handbook |
| 3 | Copyright |
| 5 | Contents |
| 7 | Preface |
| 9 | PART ONE – NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities 2005 Edition, with Commentary |
| 13 | CHAPTER 1 Administration |
| 15 | 1.1 Scope |
| 18 | 1.2 Purpose |
| 19 | 1.3 Application 1.4 Equivalency |
| 20 | 1.5 Units and Formulas 1.6 Standard Adoption Requirements |
| 21 | CHAPTER 2 Referenced Publications 2.1 General 2.2 NFPA Publications. |
| 22 | 2.3 Other Publications |
| 25 | CHAPTER 3 Definitions 3.1 General 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions |
| 26 | 3.3 General Definitions |
| 67 | CHAPTER 4 Electrical Systems 4.1 Applicability 4.2 Nature of Hazards |
| 68 | 4.3 Electrical System Requirements |
| 87 | 4.4 Essential Electrical System Requirements – Type 1 |
| 124 | 4.5 Essential Electrical System Requirements – Type 2 |
| 128 | 4.6 Essential Electrical System Requirements – Type 3 |
| 131 | CHAPTER 5 Gas and Vacuum Systems |
| 132 | 5.1 Level 1 Piped Gas and Vacuum Systems |
| 255 | 5.2 Level 2 Piped Gas and Vacuum Systems |
| 257 | Section 5.3* Level 3 Piped Gas and Vacuum Systems |
| 297 | CHAPTER 6 Environmental Systems 6.1 Applicability 6.2 Nature of Hazards 6.3 Source 6.4 Distribution |
| 304 | 6.5 Performance Criteria and Testing (Reserved) 6.6 Administration |
| 305 | CHAPTER 7 Materials 7.1 Applicability 7.2 Nature of Hazards |
| 306 | 7.3 Source (Reserved) 7.4 Distribution (Reserved) |
| 307 | 7.5 Performance Criteria and Testing (Reserved) 7.6 Administration (Reserved) |
| 309 | CHAPTER 8 Electrical Equipment 8.1 Applicability |
| 310 | 8.2 Nature of Hazards |
| 311 | 8.3 Electrical System 8.4 Performance Criteria and Testing |
| 324 | 8.5 Administration |
| 335 | CHAPTER 9 Gas Equipment |
| 336 | 9.1 Applicability |
| 337 | 9.2 Nature of Hazards |
| 338 | 9.3 Cylinder and Container Source |
| 340 | 9.4 Cylinder and Container Storage Requirements |
| 342 | 9.5 Performance Criteria and Testing |
| 343 | 9.6 Administration |
| 350 | 9.7 Operation and Management of Cylinders |
| 353 | 9.8 Gas/Vacuum Systems Maintenance and Record Keeping |
| 354 | 9.9 Policies and Procedures |
| 357 | CHAPTER 10 Manufacturer Requirements 10.1 Applicability 10.2 Patient-Care–Related Electrical Appliances |
| 383 | CHAPTER 11 Laboratories 11.1 Applicability |
| 385 | 11.2 Nature of Hazards |
| 389 | 11.3 Structure |
| 393 | 11.4 Equipment |
| 394 | 11.5 Fire Protection |
| 396 | 11.6 Emergency Shower |
| 398 | 11.7 Flammable and Combustible Liquids |
| 406 | 11.8 Maintenance and Inspection |
| 409 | 11.9 Transfer of Gases 11.10 Laboratory Gas Cylinder Storage for Nonpiped Use |
| 411 | 11.11 Piped Gas Systems |
| 415 | CHAPTER 12 Health Care Emergency Management 12.1 Applicability |
| 419 | 12.2 Responsibilities |
| 421 | 12.3 General Requirements |
| 437 | CHAPTER 13 Hospital Requirements |
| 438 | 13.1 Applicability 13.2 Responsibilities |
| 440 | 13.3 General Requirements |
| 443 | 13.4 Specific Area Requirements |
| 453 | CHAPTER 14 Other Health Care Facilities 14.1 Applicability 14.2 Responsibilities |
| 454 | 14.3 General Requirements |
| 457 | 14.4 Specific Area Requirements |
| 459 | CHAPTER 15 Reserved CHAPTER 16 Reserved |
| 461 | CHAPTER 17 Nursing Home Requirements 17.1 Applicability 17.2 Responsibilities 17.3 General Requirements |
| 467 | CHAPTER 18 Limited Care Facility Requirements 18.1 Applicability 18.2 Responsibilities 18.3 General Requirements |
| 473 | CHAPTER 19 Electrical and Gas Equipmentfor Home Care 19.1 Applicability 19.2 Responsibilities |
| 474 | 19.3 Equipment |
| 475 | CHAPTER 20 Hyperbaric Facilities 20.1 Applicability |
| 479 | 20.2 Construction and Equipment |
| 501 | 20.3 Administration and Maintenance |
| 515 | CHAPTER 21 Freestanding Birthing Centers 21.1 Applicability 21.2 Responsibilities (Reserved) 21.3 General Requirements |
| 517 | ANNEX A Explanatory Material |
| 519 | ANNEX B Nature of Hazards B.1 Electrical Systems Hazards |
| 524 | B.2 Gas and Vacuum System Hazards |
| 528 | B.3 Environmental System Hazards B.4 Flammability of Materials Hazards B.5 Electrical Equipment Hazards |
| 530 | B.6 Gas Equipment Hazards |
| 533 | B.7 Hyperbaric Hazards |
| 535 | ANNEX C Additional Explanatory Notes to Chapters 1–20 C.1 Reserved C.2 Reserved C.3 Reserved C.4 Additional Information on Chapter 4 |
| 536 | C.5 Additional Information on Chapter 5 |
| 543 | C.6 Reserved C.7 Reserved C.8 Reserved C.9 Additional Information on Chapter 9 |
| 546 | C.10 Reserved C.11 Additional Information on Chapter 11 |
| 554 | C.12 Additional Information on Chapter 12 |
| 566 | C.13 Additional Information on Chapter 13 |
| 576 | C.14 Additional Information on Chapter 14 |
| 578 | C.15 Reserved C.16 Reserved C.17 Reserved C.18 Reserved C.19 Reserved C.20 Additional Information on Chapter 20 |
| 587 | ANNEX D The Safe Use of High-Frequency Electricity in Health Care Facilities D.1 Introduction |
| 589 | D.2 High-Frequency Equipment |
| 594 | D.3 The Hazard |
| 606 | D.4 Equipment Safety Measures |
| 611 | D.5 Administration and Maintenance |
| 614 | D.6 The Effects of Electrosurgery on Tissue |
| 617 | D.7 The Care and Use of Electrosurgery |
| 619 | D.8 Determination of Output Power D.9 Informational and Referenced Publications and Articles in Annex D |
| 623 | ANNEX E Flammable Anesthetizing Locations E.1 Definitions |
| 626 | E.2 Electrical System Criteria E.3 Ventilation – Flammable Anesthetizing Locations |
| 630 | E.4 Electrical Equipment Criteria |
| 633 | E.5 Gas Equipment Criteria E.6 Additional Criteria and Guidance |
| 652 | E.7 Sample of Regulations for Flammable Anesthetizing Locations |
| 653 | E.8 Sample of Regulations for Mixed Facilities |
| 657 | ANNEX F Sample Ordinance Adopting NFPA 99 F.1 |
| 659 | ANNEX G Informational References G.1 Referenced Publications |
| 663 | G.2 Informational References |
| 665 | G.3 References for Extracts |
| 667 | PART TWO – Supplements |
| 669 | Supplement 1 Overview of Fire Incidents in Health Care Facilities |
| 679 | Supplement 2 Regulatory Issues Affecting the Safety of Clinical Hyperbaric Medicine Facilities |
| 685 | Supplement 3 Disaster Recovery at Texas Medical Center from Tropical Storm Allison |
| 689 | Index |
| 713 | About the Editor |
| 715 | Tentative Interim Amendment |
