OK, so your facility is getting older and your source equipment is nearing the end of its life expectancy. What are you to do?

On the third Wednesday of July, the Piping Industry Progress & Education Fund (PIPE) and our local Phoenix ASPE chapter members met for our monthly meeting to discuss all things under the sun medical gas-related. 

Being involved with a project and seeing it go to the extreme lowest bidder causes many to pause a moment and consider a few things.

When involved in a collaborative, international health care project, it is best to set aside what you know and open your mind to how other parts of the world treat their drinking water. Take what you have learned and evaluate it to see if the processes can be applied elsewhere.

Determining the placement of medical gas zone valves in health-care facilities is important to prevent a fire.

When the perfect location simply is not available, where do you put the grease interceptor?

The final part of this three-part series will discuss the detail of how to apply the chosen system effectively, along with monitoring and recording test data.

Part two of this three-part series will discuss protective and mitigating systems, and provide the pros and cons of each one.

Part 1 of a three-part series, this article discusses important ways to control Legionella and identifies design guides, systems, design considerations, documentation and mitigation.

You should ask your code officials, medical gas inspectors, verifiers and other colleagues to compare interpretations of the code that you intend to apply (collaborate). You may end up learning something new or seeing it from another perspective.