How AED maintenance can support your compliance
During a cardiac emergency, every second counts.
AEDs play an important role in helping to save lives. The survival chances for someone experiencing sudden cardiac arrest decrease by 10% for every minute that immediate CPR and use of an AED is delayed, according to the American Red Cross.
Having an AED on site is an important part of your commitment to employee safety. But AEDs only work if they are well maintained.
See how regular AED maintenance not only strengthens your workplace's safety culture but supports your legal and regulatory compliance.
Many U.S. laws require AEDs with regular maintenance and testing
Most U.S. states have laws governing AEDs in certain settings such as gyms, schools and public buildings.
According to a CDC report, 42 states have laws that require maintenance and testing of AEDs.
For example, Nevada requires maintenance and testing of AEDs located in airports, high schools, and state-owned or occupied facilities. Maintenance and testing of AEDs located in schools is required in Georgia and Texas.
OSHA encourages AEDs and training
Although OSHA does not require AEDs in all U.S. workplaces, it encourages the installation and training of AEDs and recognizes their value as part of first aid programs and in helping to save lives.
Good Samaritans laws protect AED users
All 50 U.S. states have some form of Good Samaritan law that provides liability protection for AED users who act in good faith — but according to the CDC, these protections might be conditioned on proper maintenance of the AED.
Documentation and record-keeping simplify compliance support
Keeping an accurate record of AED maintenance and testing can help you be compliant with local and national requirements and regulations.
Partnering with an AED service provider like Cintas gives you on-site installation assistance as well as monthly visual inspections, testing and regular software updates.
Plus, they can help with documentation and recordkeeping. Cintas offers an online portal that makes it simple for you to access your AED inventory, maintenance records and usage, making it easier for you to track.
Learn how a Cintas AED service program can keep you stay rescue ready and compliant.
Disclaimers:
Customer is solely responsible for conducting its own risk or hazard analysis, for obtaining regulatory guidance, and for choosing the type and number of AEDs needed and the placement of those AEDs at Customer’s facilities. Any services provided by Cintas are limited to those explicitly contracted for by Customer. If Customer has entered into a service or maintenance agreement with Cintas, Customer is responsible for notifying Cintas of any faults, alarms, or indications that the AED is not functioning properly between Cintas’s periodic service or maintenance visits. Customer is responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and, if necessary, must obtain a prescription for the AEDs, ensure the AEDs are subject to medical oversight, and take all other necessary steps to comply with applicable law. Cintas is not a health-care provider and does not issue prescriptions, provide medical oversight, or provide other related healthcare or medical services. Rather, if explicitly contracted for by Customer, Customer receives access to a third-party who can provide a prescription for the AEDs, provide medical oversight, register the AEDs with local EMS, and provide Customer access to the third-party’s online software portal.
Cintas training programs are intended to assist employers as they strive to improve and maintain workplace health and safety. Federal and provincial statutes and regulations may require that employers conduct specific safety and/or training programs for their employees. Employers are solely responsible for determining which safety and/or training programs the law requires. Cintas’s training programs are provided for educational purposes only, and Cintas does not provide recommendations or guidance regarding which safety and/or training programs are required. Cintas shall have no liability to customer or any other person relating to or resulting from the training programs or the information provided in connection with the training programs.