Consulting Engineers & Scientists has substantial knowledge, experience, and understanding in the specific areas of different types of Healthcare Facilities including hospitals, nursing homes, and retirement facilities.

ADA law prohibits discrimination and ensures equal opportunity for persons with disabilities.  Our ADA Compliance experts can determine if a component of a building or public walkway (such as depressed curb ramps, accessible routes, and parking stalls) provides safe access for pedestrians with disabilities.  Each of our ADA compliance experts has years of experience and a comprehensive knowledge of the design and construction industry standards and regulations that provide safe access for disabled pedestrians.

CESI has the ability investigate how medical products or devices such as vascular closure devices, implants, infusion pumps, and PCA pumps are involved in medical procedures.  With extensive medical product experience, our experts can analyze a medical incident to identify if the medical equipment or device worked and was used properly.

Providing patient evaluations and diagnostics, Clinical Laboratories are unique to healthcare and nursing home environments.  We have many years of experience in writing and implementing safety protocols and procedures to ensure a safe environment within a Clinical Laboratory and are able to assist in evaluating accidents and injuries that may occur.

Compressed gases and Cryogenic Liquids are frequently used in healthcare and nursing homes, and if improperly handled or stored, they can quickly become extremely hazardous. In the event of an accident involving compressed gases or cryogenic liquids our experienced team can assist in evaluating the cause and hazard involving these materials.

The healthcare and nursing home environment have a tremendous flammable storage load, from alcohol hand gel to flammable anesthetics.  While hospitals and nursing homes are highly regulated to ensure a safe fire-free environment, unfortunately sometimes accidents do occur.  Our skilled experts have the experience to evaluate codes and procedures to determine the cause of the accident or injury that involved Flammable Material Storage.

If Hazardous Materials and Infectious Waste are not disposed of properly, it can impact the environment and expose the public.  We have extensive knowledge on the applicable codes and regulation for hazardous and infectious waste transport and disposal.

In the healthcare industry emotions run high, especially in pediatric facilities.  With a certified trainer in the area of verbal defense & influence we can offer over 20 years of experience in the areas of panic alarms, c-cure 9000, and E-Z Lobby (identification systems).

Healthcare and nursing home facilities are required to have protocols in place to protect their employees, visitors, and patients from exposure to improper materials handling by employees. Our degreed professionals have compiled years of experience to evaluate the accident or injury and determine what may have contributed to improper infectious material handling.

Regardless of the precautions taken, injuries may occur due to Medical Devices and Implants.  We can help analyze many types of medical device and implant failures or improper implementation of devices.

Issues such as improper use, maintenance, and product failure are often associated with medical equipment.  Our experts are able to review the evidence and determine which of these areas is responsible for the accident that occurred.

Medical Gas and Vacuum Systems convey gases such as oxygen, nitrous oxide, nitrogen, medical air, and vacuum to areas of a healthcare facility such as patient rooms, operating rooms, and laboratories.  We have evaluated problems seen with these systems including cross connections, poor flow, contamination of the gas and/or the pipeline, poor filtration, and pressure loss.

When patient injuries occur, our experts have the ability to investigate the nature and cause of Patient Injuries.  Analyzing the incident circumstances, environmental factors, and medical records we can identify the nature and cause of the incurred injuries.

The key to patient restraint is to keep them safe without harming them in any way.  With many years of experience in the areas of CPI (Crisis Preventions and Intervention), Handle with Care, and MOAB (Management of Aggressive Behavior), we can offer knowledgeable experts to assist in your Patient Restraint matter.

Hospitals and surgery centers rely on their physical plants to heat, cool, ventilate, light, distribute, dispose, electrify, house, move, and perform many other requirements of a facility that contains people and machines.  As with any complex system, a variety of problems can occur, such as fires, contamination, power loss, medical gas problems, leaks, flooding, improper ventilation, and door failures, all of which our engineers and scientists have investigated.

Each industry has different safety procedures and work practices in place in accordance with the type of work being performed. Our hands-on experience reviewing and implementing safety procedures and work practices within healthcare, lends to a more comprehensive understanding of the evidence in the case.

Sterile Processing is an important part of the healthcare and nursing home environment.  If equipment and life support systems are not maintained or cleaned properly, it can lead to severe patient injury or even death.  With the combined expertise of our engineers and scientists, we can determine the outcome of these accidents.

Fortunately surgical fires are rare events, but when they occur, they are devastating to the patient, staff, and families involved.  Our professionals have the knowledge and skill required to investigate such fires.

As with most, if not all machines and devices, the underlying physics and chemistry of medical devices such as Surgical Lasers, and Electrosurgical and Electrocautery Devices, determines if they treat or injure surgical patients and staff.  Our product experts have the experience you need to determine the cause of the event or injury.

When an exposure event occurs, evaluation of the use and handling of hazardous materials that could lead to the event can determine if the exposures were responsible for creating a hazardous situation or an injury.  We can assist in determining the outcome of these accidents related to toxic exposures.