CHFM flashcards
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- Pre-construction risk assessment
- A multidisciplinary review completed before construction or demolition that identifies infection control, utility, noise, vibration, air quality, and life safety risks and defines mitigation.
- Infection Control Risk Assessment
- A matrix-based process that classifies construction work from Class I to Class IV by risk and specifies barriers, ventilation, and monitoring to protect patients.
- Interim Life Safety Measures
- Temporary measures such as fire watch, temporary barriers, and exit signage used when construction or impairment reduces normal life safety features.
- Commissioning
- A quality process that verifies building systems are designed, installed, and operating in accordance with the owner's project requirements through documented tests.
- FGI Guidelines
- Design and construction guidelines for healthcare facilities that address space, safety risk assessment, infection control, and functional requirements; often adopted by state code.
- Schematic design phase
- An early design phase that establishes project concept, size, functional relationships, and approximate costs before design development and construction documents.
- NFPA 101 occupancy classification
- A system that assigns buildings or areas to occupancy types with specific construction, sprinkler, exit, and protection requirements based on use and occupant risk.
- PM completion rate
- The percentage of scheduled preventive maintenance work orders completed on time, calculated as completed PM work orders divided by scheduled PM work orders times 100.
- Mean time to repair
- The average time required to restore a failed asset to service, calculated as total repair time divided by the number of repairs during the period.
- NFPA 25
- The standard for inspection, testing, and maintenance of water-based fire protection systems, including sprinklers, standpipes, valves, and fire pumps.
- NFPA 110
- The standard for emergency and standby power systems, covering installation, maintenance, and periodic exercise of generator sets and associated equipment.
- Air changes per hour
- The number of times the total volume of air in a room is replaced in one hour; used to verify ventilation rates for patient care and isolation spaces.
- Line isolation monitor
- A device in ungrounded electrical systems that continuously monitors for hazardous leakage current and alarms before a dangerous condition develops.
- CMMS
- Computerized maintenance management system; software that tracks assets, work orders, preventive maintenance schedules, labor, parts, and maintenance performance metrics.
- Net present value
- The present value of a project's cash inflows minus the present value of its cash outflows; a positive NPV indicates value creation at the chosen discount rate.
- Payback period
- The time required for cumulative cash inflows to recover the initial investment; it ignores the time value of money and cash flows after payback.
- Straight-line depreciation
- An accounting method that allocates an asset's depreciable cost evenly over its useful life, calculated as cost minus salvage value divided by useful life.
- Operating budget
- A financial plan for recurring expenses and revenues within a fiscal year, covering labor, supplies, utilities, maintenance, and other routine costs.
- Capital budget
- A plan for major long-lived investments such as construction, equipment, and infrastructure, typically above a defined cost threshold and useful life.
- Variance analysis
- Comparison of actual financial results with budgeted amounts; expense overruns and revenue shortfalls are unfavorable, while expense savings and revenue excess are favorable.
- Environment of Care
- A Joint Commission framework of standards addressing safety, security, hazardous materials, fire safety, medical equipment, utilities, and staff education in healthcare facilities.
- CMS Conditions of Participation
- Federal requirements that healthcare organizations must meet to participate in Medicare and Medicaid; they include facility safety, life safety, and emergency preparedness standards.
- Statement of Conditions
- A Joint Commission document used to assess life safety code compliance, identify deficiencies, and track plans for improvement and corrective actions.
- Hazard Communication
- An OSHA program requiring labeling, safety data sheets, and employee training for hazardous chemicals present in the workplace.
- Medical gas permit
- A documented authorization and verification process for modifying or installing medical gas systems, performed by qualified personnel and retained as a permanent record.
- Tracer methodology
- A Joint Commission survey technique that follows patients and processes across departments to evaluate compliance with standards and identify system-level issues.
- RACE
- A fire response sequence: Rescue anyone in danger, Alarm, Contain the fire by closing doors, and Extinguish or Evacuate as directed.
- PASS
- A portable fire extinguisher technique: Pull the pin, Aim at the base of the fire, Squeeze the handle, and Sweep side to side.
- Hot work permit
- A written authorization for welding, cutting, or other ignition sources that verifies precautions, fire extinguishers, and fire watch during and after the work.
- Hazard vulnerability analysis
- A structured assessment that ranks hazards by probability, impact, and preparedness to prioritize emergency management planning and resources.
- Defend in place
- A healthcare evacuation strategy that protects occupants within smoke compartments through barriers and horizontal relocation rather than immediate building evacuation.
- Risk register
- A log of identified risks with likelihood, impact, owner, mitigation actions, and status used to monitor and manage organizational risk.