The IFC is adopted and enforced by 36 states and Washington, DC. Earlier this year, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) adopted the 2006 Life Safety Code (LSC) with new language addressing the use of alcohol based hand rubs. This action by ICC effectively places national, state, and local fire agencies on the same page allowing the use alcohol-based hand rubs in healthcare facilities.
The adoption of this new seciton is the result of a two-year effort by the ICC Ad-hoc Committee on the Use of Alcohol Hand Disinfectants in Health Care Occupancies. The committee, comprised of fire marshals, fire chiefs, building officials, hospital engineers and industry experts, was charged with investigating and providing recommendations regarding the safe usage of alcohol-based hand rubs.
Earlier this year, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) adopted the 2006 Life Safety Code (LSC) with new language addressing the use of alcohol-based hand rubs. This code revision following up on NFPA's 2004 Tentative Interim Amendment (TIA) allowing the used of alcohol-based hand rubs under the 2000 and 2003 editions of the LSC. The LSC is adopted and enforced by Joint Commission (JCAHO), the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and a number of states. This action by ICC effectively places national, state and local fire agencies on the same page allowing the use of alcohol-based hand rubs in healthcare facilities.
