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February 26, 2026

Meet Hexmodal at the 2024 ASHE HIFC Conference

Hexmodal is excited to announce that we will be exhibiting at ASHE’s Healthcare Facilities Innovation Conference in Anaheim, California, from July 21st to 23rd.

Chris Hariz

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October 9, 2026

Automated Temperature Checks vs. Manual Logs: What Changes for Hospital Compliance

Automated temperature monitoring provides continuous visibility into refrigerators, freezers, and critical rooms while reducing gaps in manual logs. Learn how real-time alerts and digital records can strengthen compliance, protect inventory, and simplify audits.

Operating Room Positive Pressure Requirements: What ASHRAE 170 Actually Requires

Operating rooms must maintain positive pressure to protect the sterile environment from contaminants in surrounding spaces. Understand key pressure requirements, common causes of pressure loss, and how continuous monitoring can help track excursions and compliance records.

Fire Extinguisher Inspection Software: Barcode Scanning vs Continuous Sensor Monitoring

Fire extinguisher inspection software helps facilities digitize inspections, track compliance, and maintain accurate records. Compare barcode scanning with continuous sensor monitoring to understand the differences in labor, visibility, and compliance.

NFPA 10 Electronic Monitoring: What the Code Permits and How AHJ Approval Works

NFPA 10 allows electronic monitoring in place of the monthly extinguisher inspection once your AHJ approves it in writing. Guide covers which code edition applies, what monitoring can and can't verify, and how to build your approval case.

CMS Survey Checklist for Environment of Care and Life Safety: What Surveyors Actually Check

CMS has no single official survey checklist. This guide covers what surveyors verify across Environment of Care and Life Safety, and where gaps create findings.

What Is Pencil Whipping? Why It Happens in Facility Inspections and How to Stop It

Pencil whipping is signing off on an inspection or work order without performing or verifying it, and in a hospital it can hide real life-safety risks behind a clean record. Learn why it happens, what it puts at risk, and how automated testing and continuous monitoring remove the manual sign-off step.

Emergency Lighting Testing Requirements: The 30-Second Monthly Test and 90-Minute Annual Test

Learn the emergency lighting testing requirements in NFPA 101, from the monthly 30-second test to the annual 90-minute test and survey-ready records.

The Complete NFPA 10 Fire Extinguisher Inspection Schedule for Hospital Facility Teams

How often fire extinguishers need to be inspected under NFPA 10, and the monthly records Joint Commission, DNV and CMS surveyors ask hospital teams to produce.

How to Prepare for a DNV Hospital Survey: A Life Safety & Environment of Care Readiness Checklist

DNV surveys hospitals annually under NIAHO. See what EOC and Life Safety surveyors check by cadence, and how to keep evidence audit-ready throughout the year.

The End-to-End Fire Extinguisher Inspection Checklist: Monthly, Annual, 6-Year, and 12-Year Requirements

Every fire extinguisher inspection interval in one place: monthly checks, annual maintenance, 6-year examination, and hydrostatic testing, with the records each one produces.

Meet Hexmodal at the 2024 ASHE HIFC Conference

Hexmodal is excited to announce that we will be exhibiting at ASHE’s Healthcare Facilities Innovation Conference in Anaheim, California, from July 21st to 23rd.

Hexmodal Compliance Test Automation Platform

See how the Hexmodal compliance test automation platform simplifies facility testing, automates records, and provides real-time visibility into compliance.

How Do Smart Emergency Lights Work?

Watch this short video with Chris walking you through the platform. See how 25+ healthcare systems have implemented these smart lights without involving IT.

Chris Hariz

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Insights & Guidance

Meet Hexmodal at the 2024 ASHE HIFC Conference

Automated Temperature Checks vs. Manual Logs: What Changes for Hospital Compliance

Operating Room Positive Pressure Requirements: What ASHRAE 170 Actually Requires

Fire Extinguisher Inspection Software: Barcode Scanning vs Continuous Sensor Monitoring

NFPA 10 Electronic Monitoring: What the Code Permits and How AHJ Approval Works

CMS Survey Checklist for Environment of Care and Life Safety: What Surveyors Actually Check

What Is Pencil Whipping? Why It Happens in Facility Inspections and How to Stop It

Emergency Lighting Testing Requirements: The 30-Second Monthly Test and 90-Minute Annual Test

The Complete NFPA 10 Fire Extinguisher Inspection Schedule for Hospital Facility Teams

How to Prepare for a DNV Hospital Survey: A Life Safety & Environment of Care Readiness Checklist

The End-to-End Fire Extinguisher Inspection Checklist: Monthly, Annual, 6-Year, and 12-Year Requirements

Meet Hexmodal at the 2024 ASHE HIFC Conference

Hexmodal Compliance Test Automation Platform

How Do Smart Emergency Lights Work?

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