Stay Current on Cutting-Edge Safety Criteria for Health Care Facilities.

Facility managers, installers, designers, inspectors, and enforcers rely on NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code, to help protect people and property in health care settings. The NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code Handbook, is the leading resource for assisting users in comprehending complicated code concepts.

Learn to apply vital safety provisions in your work with the complete code criteria—and expert commentary—for electrical systems, gas and vacuum systems, mechanical systems, medical equipment, and health care emergency management.

Features in this 13th edition (2024) include:

• Hundreds of color photos, illustrations, graphics, and charts
• Summary of Technical Changes table overviews major code changes from 2021 to 2024
• “Survey Preparedness” feature provides a surveyor’s perspective
• “Test Procedures” feature offers specific methods for installation and verification tests for medical gas systems
• “Closer Look” feature offer more in-depth coverage of critical topics
• CMS K-Tags placed near the applicable code sections from CMS Fire Safety Survey Report (Form 2786R)
• Sample checklists to verify requirements of various code components
• Complete index of NFPA 99 along with three supplemental sections: Security in Health Care, NFPA
• Resources, and Disaster Impact on Hospital Electrical Systems and Lessons Learned