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A facilities management team member wraps up their shift on a Friday afternoon when they get an urgent call that the new 4-story ambulatory care facility — scheduled to be opened on the following Monday — experienced a burst hot water pipe and that water has flooded several spaces on the first floor. The contractor who provided this urgent notice also shared that it is likely the pipe burst happened a day or two earlier. What should the team do?
With a deeper appreciation for just how impactful environmental risks are to patients when building materials become compromised or the physical environment is disturbed and fungal spores are released into occupied spaces, it is essential that the facilities management team proactively establishes policies and plans to mitigate and control these risks.
Facilities teams must ensure proper containment during inspection, testing and maintenance procedures, such as during airflow testing to verify proper air-change rates. The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.
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