Ergotron Receives OSHPD OPA Numbers

We are pleased to announce that Ergotron received Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) OPA Pre-Approved numbers on October 13, 2009 for installing our wall mount products in hospitals and other healthcare related facilities throughout California.

What is OSHPD?

In response to the 1971 Sylmar earthquake—which caused several hospitals to collapse, endangering the lives of their patients and hampering their ability to provide emergency care to the injured—the State of California passed the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Seismic Safety Act. Since 1973, all hospital construction has been governed by this legislation. The act preempts local building departments to ensure statewide uniformity in healthcare facility construction. The standards help ensure:

Patient safety during an earthquake
Facilities can continue to function and care for the injured after earthquakes

As a result, OSHPD is responsible for overseeing all aspects of construction for general acute care and psychiatric hospitals, as well as multi-story skilled nursing homes and intermediate care facilities in California.

How does this apply?

Although OSHPD is a requirement specific to the state of California, other western states such as Utah, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, and Nevada have also started looking into seismic requirements. These OSHPD OPA Pre-Approved numbers are also compliant with the Japan Acceptance Criteria AC-156. AC-156 is the standard test for certification for international earthquake resistance as developed by the International Code Council.

What is new since Ergotron’s original OSHPD Pre-Approval?

Most of our new products like the StyleView HD Combo Arms, 200 Combo Arms, LX Wall Mount Systems, StyleView Vertical Lifts and StyleView Enclosure are now included. In fact, just about any Ergotron wall mount product that can attach to our Wall Track will be available as an OSHPD pre-approved solution.

There are four OPA Pre-Approval numbers based on the different mounting configurations we support.

OPA #	Applicable wall-mount solution/configuration
2338-07	Wall Track and all possible associated arms – direct to stud (16" on center)
2339-07	Wall Track and all associated arms (including StyleView Vertical Lift) – external mount
2341-07	StyleView Vertical Lift – internal mount
2340-07	StyleView Enclosure – direct to stud (16" on center)

What products are included in the OSHPD Pre-Approval?

Wall Track – Most Ergotron wall mountable products that can attach to our standard Wall Track (worst-case configuration is based on the HD Combo Arm with an extension). Two options are available to mount the Wall Track: (1) direct stud and (2) external mount.
External solutions offer the user the ability to laterally span and mount the Wall Track anywhere between the two studs Metal/woods studs are 16" on center only

StyleView Vertical Lift
Both the internal and external solutions offer the user the ability to laterally span and mount the SV Vertical Lift anywhere between the two studs Internal solutions can use the same hardware components previously used for OSHPD Pre-Approval (contact Ergotron for details)

StyleView Enclosure
Stud mounted only (assumes metal/wood studs are 16" on center). Not offered as an external solution

All the above OPA configurations can be mounted to the following wall structures:
Metal/steel studs Wood studs