Maintenance Standards for Critical Areas in Victorian Health Facilities
 On Friday 12th march 2010 KTR attended the Institute of Hospital Engineers of Australia (IHEA) launch of the new “Maintenance Standards for Critical Areas in Victorian Health Facilities” a joint initiative with the Victoria Government held at the Charles Latrobe Lecture Theatre at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. This document has been released with the intent to provide a guideline for routine maintenance of critical areas in hospitals.
Speakers at the launch included Mr. Deane Wilks, Safety, Quality and Patient Experience Branch, Dept of Health, Dr. Lorraine Wilson, Safety Quality and Patient Experience Branch, Dept of Health, Mr. Kevin Moon Facilities Engineering, Mr. Phil Wilkinson Australian Institute of Refrigeration Air Conditioning and Heating and Mr. Damien Parker, Bendigo Health.
The aims and objectives of these standards are;
- To clarify, standardize and formalize minimum standards and requirement for the maintenance of building services, such as air conditioning and ventilation system in high risk patient areas within health facilities
- To increase efficiencies and articulate line of responsibility for health facility maintenance departments
- To enhance the reporting capacity of health facility maintenance departments on compliance and validation
- To increase health facility maintenance departments contribution to internal quality improvement repairs and processes.
To view the document please click on the link below.
http://health.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/414628/maintenance_standards.pdf
Maintenance Standards User Group
IHEA will shortly be releasing an Expression of Interest for any IHEA members who would like to be a part of the Maintenance Standards User Group. The initial meeting is scheduled to be held at the end of April 2010. The User Group will be reviewing the document and standard implementation and future development of the guidelines. If you are interested in this please make contact via IHEA.
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