Health & Safety

ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 12000-2018 Now Available

ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 12000-2018, Professional Qualifications Standard for Infection Control Risk Assessment for All Building Systems, has been approved by the American National Standards Institute...

Maintaining Health & Safety of the Public

This issue of Working Pressure magazine focuses on inspection and maintenance. Over the years, ASSE International has developed quite a few standards and certifications...

Scald Burns Are Preventable

The title above is a strong, albeit true, statement. Burns caused by hot water delivered by your plumbing system are easily and absolutely preventable. With today’s...

Legionella in Building Water Distribution Systems

Many facility owners and operators are unaware of the threat to their building occupants from Legionella bacteria that have colonized their water systems. This...

Legionella: Complex and Difficult

In 1979, ASSE New York Chapter member Richard H. Toder, FASSE, wrote a report for the ASSE Legionnaires’ Disease Task Group explaining ASSE’s involvement...

Medical Gas Resiliency

When the pandemic first hit in the United States in 2020, hospitals began to see an influx of patients requiring respiration assistance....

Legionella Prevention

Stephen Covey probably never thought his iconic phrase, "Begin with the end in mind," would be applied to a public health problem....

ASSE 12000 and You

ASSE 12000 certification training gives you the knowledge needed to have a successful career working with hospital staff and patients – it gives you...

ASSE International Publishes Fifth Scald Awareness White Paper

ASSE International has published its fifth scald awareness white paper, Recommended Installation Practices for Residential Storage Type Water Heaters to Reduce the...

Factory-built Packaged Plumbing and Mechanical Systems

COVID’s impact on moving people out of buildings is influencing architects and contractors to plan how to bring people back in. There...