title: [Hospital maintenance: management, risks, and responsibilities].
abstract: Principal activities of maintenance carried out in hospital, staff required, various type of organization (inside team or global service), management aspects are described. Subjects responsible of maintenance are characterized and the relationships between Service of Maintenance and Service of Prevention and Protection in hospital are specified. Responsibility aspects concerning safety of maintenance workers and main risks which are exposed are defined. The importance of disponibility of a good maintenance handbook and of projects and programs of practice for new hospitals are emphasized.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rabino
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D007558:Italy; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016272:Occupational Health; D012308:Risk Management; D012637:Security Measures; D012941:Social Responsibility; D000078329:Workforce