We focus on assessing your current environment and provide evidence-based guidelines and best practices. This process includes:
- Conducting a Building Assessment to identify gaps with the organization’s compliance to JCI’s Facility Management and Safety chapter
- Performing a risk assessment and help prioritize areas of concern
- Evaluating compliance with globally recognized standards as well as local and national standards related to building design, facilities management, and safety
We offer custom education courses virtually and in-person. Topics include:
- A facility’s impact on infection prevention and control
- Conducting risk assessments and action planning
- Construction and renovation
- Emergency management
- Facility management and safety
- Fire safety and building design
- Hazardous materials and waste
- Medical equipment management
- Safety and security
- Utility equipment management
We help you develop your organization’s emergency management program. This includes:
- Analyzing your emergency response to an event and helping you identify strengths and weaknesses through exercises
- Conducting emergency management-facilitated workshops to improve the emergency management program
- Considering standard operating procedures and building capabilities and suggesting possible modifications that could be made during the activation of your emergency management program
- Developing emergency exercises and helping facilitate them
- Organizing an event or drill debriefing and providing change recommendations
- Reviewing your organization’s emergency management risk assessment and helping prepare your Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA)
Working with our team helps you understand the Facility Management and Safety standards in the JCI accreditation manual. We’ll also:
- Assist after a JCI survey by helping complete the Strategic Improvement Plan (SIP) process or resolve issues
- Conduct building tours based on the Facility Management and Safety chapter and the JCI Survey Process Guide
- Help develop and train new staff to understand the Facility Management and Safety Program
This is an ongoing service we offer with regular touchpoints between you and the JCI Facility Management and Safety Program consultants to improve and maintain compliance. It includes:
- Conducting quarterly calls with a JCI expert to monitor action plan progress and address barriers
- Establishing an onsite or virtual facility visit schedule with the expert to help identify risk and create action plans
- Working with the expert to address and resolve issues as they arise
- Working with the expert to improve your Facility Management and Safety Program
*The use of Joint Commission International (JCI) advisory services is not necessary to obtain a Joint Commission International Accreditation award, nor does it influence the granting of such awards.
