Health Care Facilities Flashcards

An isolated power system (IPS) in a health care facility is required to give an alarm when the line isolation monitor detects a fault current of at least:

Answer: 5.0 mA

NEC 517.160(B)(5) requires the line isolation monitor to alarm when a total hazard current of 5.0 mA or greater is detected.

In a hospital essential electrical system, which branch supplies nursing home paging and communication systems?

Answer: Critical branch

NEC 517.33 lists nurse call systems among the loads connected to the critical branch of the essential electrical system.

Under NEC Article 517, a Type 3 essential electrical system is used in which type of facility?

Answer: Nursing homes and residential custodial care facilities

NEC 517.40 defines the Type 3 essential electrical system for nursing homes and limited care facilities, which have less critical load requirements than hospitals.

What is the maximum distance between receptacles in a general care patient bed location?

Answer: At least 6 receptacles per bed location per NEC 517.18

NEC 517.18(A) requires a minimum of 6 receptacle outlets for each patient bed location in a general care area.

In a health care facility, the term 'patient care vicinity' is defined as a space extending how far around a patient's bed?

Answer: 6 feet horizontally and 7.5 feet vertically

NEC 517.2 defines the patient care vicinity as a space within 6 feet horizontally and 7.5 feet vertically from the patient bed or procedure table.

Which of the following is NOT required to be on the life safety branch of a hospital EES?

Answer: Medical air compressors

Medical air compressors are connected to the equipment branch, not the life safety branch, per NEC 517.34.

A line isolation monitor in an isolated power system must have its indicator panel installed so that it is:

Answer: Readily visible to persons in the area

NEC 517.160(B)(4) requires that the line isolation monitor alarm be located so it is readily visible to persons in the area it serves.