Ensuring alignment with Regulatory Guidance and Standards
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Note that the current AAMI TIR34 guidance document for water in the sterile processing department will in the near future be replaced with a new standard, AAMI ST108: Water for the Processing of Reusable Medical Devices. AAMI ST108 standard is currently under development and will provide guidance on appropriate water system design, monitoring, testing, and maintenance. Click here for more information on water management for medical device reprocessing.
Importance of Alignment with Industry Guidance
Ensuring your water management program (WMP) is in alignment with industry guidance can be challenging, confusing, and an overwhelming task. Regulations, standards, and laws associated with building water management are continuously evolving. It is important to understand what actions your facility’s WMP and water management team (WMT) members need to perform to mitigate the risk of waterborne pathogens, including Legionella, to protect the health and safety of building occupants. A cross-disciplinary WMT can effectively and efficiently build a robust WMP. When the WMT is empowered with adequate resources (labor and tools), they will be able to collaborate, document, verify and validate an effective WMP. Through data collection and management, comprehensive and defensible WMPs allow building owners to make proactive, evidence-based decisions for facility water safety which in turn reduces risk and increases occupant safety in your building.
Depending upon your organization’s familiarity with water management programs for building water systems, you might need to self-educate and train your WMT members on foundational information prior to the implementation of a WMP.
Effective January 1, 2022, The Joint Commission has approved a new standard on water management programs that addresses Legionella and other waterborne pathogens, EC 02.05.02, which includes EPs 1-4. The new requirements align with what has already been in place with ANSI/ASHRAE 188 and the CDC Toolkit. If your organization does not have a WMP, you will need to develop one. If your organization already has a WMP, review it with the newly identified EPs to ensure that each is met. EP1 focuses on the formation of a Water Management Team responsible for the oversight of a WMP; EP2 refers to WMP development; EP3 applies to WMP management; EP 4 is about WMP reassessment.
Register here to view the webinar on “Preparing your building water system for 2022 - aligning with industry standards and The Joint Commission”
Benefits
Phigenics is a pioneer in reducing the risk of disease and injury caused by bacteria and other hazards in building water and improving the financial performance of organizations that process and use water. We provide INDEPENDENT, expert guidance to individuals responsible for facility management, infection prevention, sustainability, health, and safety. Our services ensure legally defensible best practices by focusing on verification and validation, as well as water system performance to protect capital assets and reduce operating expenses.
Phigenics is an innovative and INDEPENDENT water management company that meets the increasingly complex needs of facility owners and managers to improve overall water safety while reducing operational (water, chemical, energy) and capital costs. Our innovative solutions and business model represent a clear shift in thinking.
We do not sell chemicals or water treatment equipment and we are not driven to provide a solution that is restricted to an internal product line.
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Phigenics is an innovative water management company that meets the increasingly complex needs of facility owners and managers to improve overall water safety while reducing operational (water, chemical, energy) and capital costs. Our innovative solutions and business model represent a clear shift in thinking. We do not sell chemicals or water treatment equipment and we are not driven to provide a solution that is restricted to an internal product line.
Phigenics LLC
3S701 West Ave, Suite 100
Warrenville, IL 60555
Phone: 844.850.4087
Fax: 630-717-8528
Email: info@phigenics.com
© 2022 Phigenics. All rights reserved.