Form Cms-360 - Corf Survey Report Page 12
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15Name of Facility
CODE
YES
NO
N/A
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
I-572
(1) Applicable Federal, State, and local building, fire and
safety codes must be met.
I-573
(2) Fire extinguishers must be easily accessible and fire
regulations must be prominently posted.
I-574
(3) A fire alarm system with local (in-house) capability
must be functional, and where power is generated by
electricity, an alternate power source with automatic
triggering must be present.
I-575
(4) Lights, supported by an emergency power source,
must be placed at exits.
I-576
(5) A sufficient number of staff to evacuate patients
during a disaster must be on the premises of the
facility whenever patients are being treated.
I-577
(6) Lighting must be sufficient to carry out services
safely; room temperature must be maintained at
comfortable levels; and ventilation through windows,
mechanical means, or a combination of both must be
provided.
I-578
(7) Safe and sufficient space must be available for the
scope of services offered.
I-579
(b) Standard: Sanitary environment.
The facility must maintain a sanitary environment and
establish a program to identify, investigate, prevent, and
control the cause of patient infections.
I-580
(1) The facility must establish written policies and
procedures designed to control and prevent infection
in the facility and to investigate and identify possible
causes of infection.
I-581
(2) The facility must monitor the infection control program
to ensure that the staff implement the policies and
procedures and that the policies and procedures are
consistent with current practices in the field.
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Form CMS-360 (12/08)
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