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#### [5 Cases Using ICRA 2.0: Test Your Understanding](https://blog.starcsystems.com/blog/5-cases-using-icra-2.0-test-your-understanding)

By JANET HAAS, PhD, RN, CIC, Principal Consulting Epidemiologist, Innovative Infection Prevention The latest version of the infection control risk assessment has been called ICRA 2.0 to distinguish it from the original version that facility managers and infection preventionists have been using for several years. As mentioned in ...

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#### [Prevent Fire Damage During Renovations: NFPA 241](https://blog.starcsystems.com/blog/renovations-understanding-nfpa-241-improves-fire-safety)

Updated January 2024. During healthcare construction and renovation projects, fire safety issues typically arise from a lack of knowledge or understanding of NFPA 241, the standard that provides measures for preventing or minimizing fire damage to structures during construction, alteration or demolition.

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#### [What is a demountable wall?](https://blog.starcsystems.com/blog/what-is-a-demountable-wall)

STARC defines a demountable wall as a temporary modular barrier that can be quickly assembled or removed to provide protection from dust, noise and dangerous hazards, such as those created by construction or demolition activities.

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#### [Who tests and certifies fire-rated barriers?](https://blog.starcsystems.com/blog/who-tests-and-certifies-fire-rated-barriers)

As a protective measure, almost every product or structure you come into contact with on a daily basis is regulated and certified for safety and code compliance.

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#### [Temporary Walls: 3 Takeaways About ICRA 2.0 Compliance](https://blog.starcsystems.com/blog/temporary-construction-walls-and-icra-compliance)

Updated October 2, 2024 When it comes to healthcare construction, ensuring that temporary wall systems meet the latest ICRA 2.0 standards is critical. In this post, we’ll dive into three key points that you need to know to ensure your temporary construction walls comply with the latest guidelines.

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#### [What is the ICRA 2.0 Precautions Matrix?](https://blog.starcsystems.com/blog/what-is-the-icra-2.0-precautions-matrix)

An ICRA is a multidisciplinary, organizational documented process intended to reduce infection risks during all phases of facility planning, design, construction, renovation and facility maintenance. The ICRA 2.0 precautions matrix is the recently updated tool that is used by whoever is planning and implementing the ...

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#### [Safety Organizations in California and Kansas Are First to Approve STARC Systems’ FireblockWall™](https://blog.starcsystems.com/blog/california-kansas-first-approve-fireblockwall)

The California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) and the Kansas Office of the State Fire Marshal accepts the first reusable one-hour fire-rated containment solution for occupied renovations

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#### [What is ICRA 2.0?](https://blog.starcsystems.com/blog/what-is-icra-2.0)

The use of infection control risk assessments (ICRAs) during healthcare construction projects has been a work in progress spanning several decades.

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#### [ICRA 2.0: Eliminating Guesswork for Safer Healthcare Renovations](https://blog.starcsystems.com/blog/icra-2.0-eliminating-guesswork-for-safer-healthcare-renovations)

By JANET HAAS, PhD, RN, CIC, Principal Consulting Epidemiologist, Innovative Infection Prevention

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#### [Healthcare Construction Recovery: Managing Past Uncertainty](https://blog.starcsystems.com/blog/healthcare-construction-recovery-managing-past-uncertainty)

Healthcare contractors, facilities managers and others tasked with keeping healthcare renovation projects on schedule and on budget have had their hands full. Yet despite the challenges wrought by inflation, supply chain issues and labor shortages, there are reasons to be hopeful and strategies you can use to thrive through the ...

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