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TWIN CITY MEDICAL CENTER
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Tag No.: C0220
REMAINS CITED
Based on observation of the facility, review of facility documentation and staff interview during the post survey revisit it was determined the facility failed to ensure it was maintained in a manner safe from fire. The facility failed to ensure that building construction type and height met the requirements for a three story building without a complete automatic sprinkler system, ensure that corridors were separated from use areas by walls constructed with at least ? hour fire resistance rating and in non-sprinklered buildings, walls properly extended above the ceiling. The facility also failed to ensure that one hour fire rated construction (with ? hour fire-rated doors) or an approved automatic fire extinguishing system in accordance with 8.4.1 and/or 19.3.5.4 protected hazardous areas, doors were to be self-closing and exit access to the public way was maintained C (231). The cumulative effect of these systemic practices resulted in the inability to ensure the facility was maintained in a safe manner.
Findings include:
Please refer to C231 for further detail.
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Tag No.: C0231
REMAINS CITED
Based on facility observation, review of facility documentation and staff interview during the post survey revisit it was determined the facility was not maintained in a manner safe from fire. This had the potential to affect all patients, visitors and staff members. The facility had a census of seven patients at the time of the survey.
Findings included:
The facility failed to ensure that building construction type and height met the requirements for a three story building without a complete automatic sprinkler system. (K12)
The facility failed to ensure that corridors were separated from use areas by walls constructed with at least ? hour fire resistance rating. In non-sprinklered buildings, walls properly extended above the ceiling. (K17)
The facility failed to ensure that one hour fire rated construction (with ? hour fire-rated doors) or an approved automatic fire extinguishing system in accordance with 8.4.1 and/or 19.3.5.4 protected hazardous areas.
The facility failed to ensure doors were to be self-closing. (K29)
The facility failed to ensure that exit access to the public way was maintained. (K36)
Please see the Life Safety Code report for more specific detail.