Citation

Keir DC. Hospitals 1979; 53(5): 80-81.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, American Hospital Assn.)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

759348

Abstract

As Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital, Hendersonville, NC. expanded, fire safety plans had to be reevaluated. With each new addition, fire safety responsibilities for hospital personnel multiplied and overlapped. Confusion resulted, and a revised, simplified, and coordinated fire safety system was devised. Seventeen false alarms within one year, caused by a faulty sprinkler system, gave hospital personnel ample opportunity to test the system and iron out unexpected problems.

Language: en