Why It’s Vital for Hospitals to Have Trustworthy Generators
Is your hospital prepared for a natural disaster or other emergency situation that may cause its regular power source to become unavailable? Purchasing a reliable backup generator will ensure that staff and patients have uninterrupted access to the electricity needed to power essential items, such as:
- Lighting
- Heating & cooling systems
- Smoke & carbon monoxide detectors
- Exit signs
- Elevators
- Communication systems
- Life-support systems
- Operating rooms
- Intensive care units
- Infant nurseries
- Bone, tissue and blood storage systems, and more
By investing in a dependable backup generator for your hospital, you’ll prevent chaos from abounding and, most importantly, provide the resources needed to keep patients alive throughout an emergency situation.
How to Properly Test Your Hospital Generator
In order to make sure that your hospital’s backup generator is ready to go into action whenever disaster strikes, it’s essential to test it regularly. Here are a few recommendations for doing so from the Joint Commission, a company recognized for its commitment to improving American health care:
- Each year, your hospital’s backup generator should be tested at least 12 times (about once a month) for 30-minute time periods at a minimum of 30 percent of the generator’s maximum output or nameplate load.
- Once every three years, the generator should be tested for four hours straight at a minimum of 30 percent of the maximum output or nameplate load.
- If the generator fails during a test, it should be repaired or replaced. Once this has been done, the test should be done again to ensure that the issue has been resolved.
Testing your hospital’s generator often will give your staff peace of mind that the machine is equipped to provide a backup power source whenever needed.
Find an Affordable Used Hospital Generator at Woodstock Power
Looking to get a great deal on a high-quality generator for your hospital? You’ve come to the right place! Here at Woodstock Power, we have a huge selection of used hospital generators to choose from. Each generator that we sell is expertly refurbished so that it’s as close to brand new as we can get it. In turn, we make it possible to enjoy a fully functional and reliable generator while paying up to 70 percent less than the unit originally cost!
If you’d like to learn more about our used hospital generators, give us a call today at 610-658-3242 or visit us online. And for tips on choosing the right generator for a construction site, take a peek at last week’s blog post. We look forward to meeting all of your organization’s power generation needs!