Event Description
The Physical Environment Base Camp Live Webcast is a comprehensive event designed to enhance safety and compliance within healthcare facilities by addressing the challenges of the new Physical Environment and Life Safety Standards.
Topics Covered:
•Updates to Standards: Gain insights into recent changes to Joint Commission Physical Environment Standards to prepare for your next survey.
•Survey and Accreditation Overview: Navigate the survey and accreditation processes with guidance from Joint Commission experts, including real-life case studies, survey preparation, and survey corrective actions.
•Review commonly scored Physical Environment deficiencies and leading practices to assist with preparation and corrective action.
• NFPA 101 Life Safety Code Overview: Learn about occupancy types and general Life Safety Code Principles, such as fire response strategies, egress arrangements, compartmentalization, and fire protection features, and how these apply to different occupancies.
• NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code Overview: Learn about required building features for health care facilities, including medical gas systems, electrical systems, emergency electrical systems, ventilation, and special fire safety requirements.
• Fire Safety, Hazardous Materials, Medical Equipment, and Utilities Management: Discover effective strategies for inventory, maintenance, and incident management across key areas.
.Intended Audience:
This multi-day event is perfect for anyone preparing for a Joint Commission survey or working to build the safest physical environment for staff and patients. Content is targeted for professionals including risk and accreditation managers, and quality managers and directors, Certified Facility Managers and Certified Healthcare Safety Professionals.
The attendees will have access to program materials through the Learning Management System until: February 18, 2026.
Joint Commission is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to continuously improving the safety and quality of care provided to the public. Joint Commission Resources, Inc. (JCR), a wholly controlled, not-for-profit affiliate of Joint Commission, is the official publisher and educator of Joint Commission.