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Results
of Survey from:
Do You Need 96 Hours of
Fuel to Comply With JCAHO EC.4.12, B-6?
Q1. Do you have sufficient
storage facilities for running
generators for 96 continuous hours?
Q2.
Can you simultaneously operate diesel
fired boilers and generators from the
same fuel supply, for a 96 hour period
if load shedding is implemented?
Q3.
Are additional tanks required on site if
the hospital’s mission is to provide
care for 96 hours or longer, and the
Joint Commission demands “on site”
storage?
Q4.
What would you estimate the cost of
acquiring and installing these tanks?
Estimates
ranged from $25,000-200,000
Q5.
What problems, excluding the economic
issues, do you foresee in adding and
storing 96 hours of fuel?
The
majority of responses stated space and
fuel stability.
Q6.
Do you think off-site fuel storage, on
dealer properties, should suffice?
Q7.
How should loads be calculated to
determine the amount of fuel needed for
a 96 hour continuous run?
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Full
nameplate rating of all generators |
37.1% |
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Connected load |
45.7% |
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Calculated load |
20.0% |
Q8.
Since the load will vary throughout the
year, how often should these
calculations be made?
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Annually |
0.0% |
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Quarterly |
28.6% |
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Monthly |
14.3% |
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When
square footage is increased |
14.3% |
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When a
significant load is added |
42.9% |
Q9.
Should the Joint, when considering new
infrastructure requirements, poll their
clients’ facility engineers before
enacting them?
Q10.
Do you think this information should be
shared among the Joint Commission's
clients?
Q11.
What is your interpretation of EC.4.12,
B-6, regarding the 96 hour issue?
Some replies couldn’t be printed, but
the preponderance of replies included
that the Joint was “legislating from the
bench”.
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