Register Today!Join us for a virtual education session with Mike Canales we dive into critical topics that keep healthcare environments safe, comfortable, and compliant. Learn how to expertly manage air and water temperatures, ensure fire-resistant and code-compliant finishes, and optimize ventilation systems to support patient safety and infection control. This session is perfect for facility professionals seeking practical insights and actionable knowledge. Meeting Registration GAHFM Members - FREEGHA-Member Hospital Employees - $75 or join the society and pay $75 for dues and attend this event and the Technical Conference in November for FREE! Contact Carley Elsberry for more information. Session Descriptions & Learning ObjectivesAir and Water Temperatures in Healthcare FacilitiesThis session explores the critical requirements and best practices for managing air and water temperatures in healthcare settings, with an emphasis on ensuring resident comfort and facility safety. Participants will examine regulatory standards, operational nuances, and the practical implications for various healthcare occupancies.Understand the background and requirements for resident room air temperatures.Identify the standards and regulations for facility water temperatures.Evaluate operational considerations for maintaining potable water safety.Distinguish temperature requirements across different healthcare facility types.Apply knowledge of temperature management to promote safety and compliance.Decorations and Finishes in Healthcare FacilitiesThis session provides a concise overview of the essential background and code requirements for interior finishes and decorations in various healthcare occupancies. Participants will examine fire resistance classifications, life safety code triggers, and operational nuances to ensure compliance and safety across healthcare, ambulatory, and business facilities.Identify key fire resistance classifications for walls, ceilings, and floors.Describe major finish testing methods and their relevance to healthcare.Distinguish life safety code requirements for different healthcare facility types.Recognize decoration and finish standards per Life Safety Code.Evaluate operational considerations related to safety and code compliance for finishes and decorations. Healthcare VentilationThis session offers a foundational overview of healthcare ventilation, focusing on key concepts and operational nuances for facility personnel. Participants will explore ventilation design standards, air exchange dynamics, pressure relationships, and specialized room requirements to support safety and compliance in healthcare environments.Introduce healthcare ventilation design referencing 2017 ASHRAE 170 Table 7.1 & 6.4.Explain air exchange, dilution, and their impact on infection control.Describe pressure relationships and differential air within healthcare facilities.Review requirements for airborne infection isolation (AII) and protective environment (PE) rooms.Examine methods for measuring and calculating air exchanges and discuss related operational considerations. Speaker DetailsMichael Canales, HFL Program Director & ProfessorOwensboro Community & Technical CollegeMike Canales is a 30+ year healthcare engineering professional and has worked as a healthcare facilities director for 21 years. He is the president of the Institute for Healthcare Engineering Advancement (IHFEA), a healthcare technician development organization. Mike is a long time ASHE member, earned his Certified Healthcare Facilities Technician (CHFM) certification in 2003, and is a founding member and past president of the Virginia Society of Healthcare Engineers (VSHE). He has expertise in clinical engineering, maintenance & plant operations, security, emergency management, project management, environmental services, infection prevention, telecommunications, public water works, leadership development and education.
Register Today!
Join us for a virtual education session with Mike Canales we dive into critical topics that keep healthcare environments safe, comfortable, and compliant. Learn how to expertly manage air and water temperatures, ensure fire-resistant and code-compliant finishes, and optimize ventilation systems to support patient safety and infection control. This session is perfect for facility professionals seeking practical insights and actionable knowledge.
Meeting Registration
GAHFM Members - FREE
GHA-Member Hospital Employees - $75 or join the society and pay $75 for dues and attend this event and the Technical Conference in November for FREE! Contact Carley Elsberry for more information.
Session Descriptions & Learning Objectives
Air and Water Temperatures in Healthcare Facilities
This session explores the critical requirements and best practices for managing air and water temperatures in healthcare settings, with an emphasis on ensuring resident comfort and facility safety. Participants will examine regulatory standards, operational nuances, and the practical implications for various healthcare occupancies.
Decorations and Finishes in Healthcare Facilities
This session provides a concise overview of the essential background and code requirements for interior finishes and decorations in various healthcare occupancies. Participants will examine fire resistance classifications, life safety code triggers, and operational nuances to ensure compliance and safety across healthcare, ambulatory, and business facilities.
Healthcare Ventilation
This session offers a foundational overview of healthcare ventilation, focusing on key concepts and operational nuances for facility personnel. Participants will explore ventilation design standards, air exchange dynamics, pressure relationships, and specialized room requirements to support safety and compliance in healthcare environments.
Speaker Details
Michael Canales, HFL Program Director & Professor
Owensboro Community & Technical College
Mike Canales is a 30+ year healthcare engineering professional and has worked as a healthcare facilities director for 21 years. He is the president of the Institute for Healthcare Engineering Advancement (IHFEA), a healthcare technician development organization. Mike is a long time ASHE member, earned his Certified Healthcare Facilities Technician (CHFM) certification in 2003, and is a founding member and past president of the Virginia Society of Healthcare Engineers (VSHE). He has expertise in clinical engineering, maintenance & plant operations, security, emergency management, project management, environmental services, infection prevention, telecommunications, public water works, leadership development and education.