[Amps] 220V wiring: Was Question about safety ground connection

[Paul Christensen]

> Many of the JCAHO requirements are of a CYA nature.

OT, but I could not resist --

The effectiveness of JCAHO is little.  What most people do not realize is 
that the majority of the U.S. medical facilities are safe for the patient 
one month out of the year as hospitals ignore the poor patient care and 
record keeping practices they are accountable for during the previous 11 
months leading up to the JCAHO inspection, then panic at the last moment 
when JCAHO announces their arrival.  During JCAHO preparations, floors get 
polished, hallways are cleared of debris, hospital-grade electrical 
connections checked and recorded, equipment checked for service tags, fire 
extinguishers inspected, etc.  And, the administrative, medical, and nursing 
staffs are completely consumed with "last minute compliance."

The JCAHO accreditation concept would be valid but for the fact that 
facility inspections are not conducted *randomly* and without the facility's 
prior notice.  Trust me on this one:  my entire extended family is in the 
health care professions.

If hospitals and their medical staff performed at the same level during the 
previous 11 months as they do during JCAHO preparations, personal injury 
litigation would be significantly reduced.  I have always told my family 
that if I require surgery, please call JCAHO and ask that they conduct their 
inspection the week that I'm in the O.R. being cut open - I just may have a 
fighting chance.

If JCAHO inspections were conducted purely at random, few, if any hospitals 
would achieve accreditation -- and absolutely none of them with "JCAHO 
Commendation."   And to that comment I would bet a month's salary.

Paul, W9AC