title: Managing hospital emergency power testing programs.
abstract: All hospitals must have an emergency power testing program that includes generator load testing and emergency power supply system maintenance. This document examines a management program that uses lessons learned from an emergency power testing program to improve the hospital's facilities and training.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Stymiest
mesh_terms: D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004607:Elevators and Escalators; D004868:Equipment Failure; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States