Blogs October 2014 - Posts About Healthcare Facilities Management
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10/31/2014
Legionella: An 'everyone' issue
Long-term solutions for treating Legionella in your building water systems
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10/31/2014
Identifying Legionella issues starts with setting a baseline through culturing
Culturing is the process of collecting water samples and testing them for the genus species Legionella pneumophila
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10/30/2014
Temporary staffing in healthcare security
Careful planning can help ensure that regardless of the situation, it's business as usual
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10/24/2014
How loudness affects the hospital environment
As technology and devices become more prominent, the bed rest required for a full patient recovery is being compromised by a rapidly emerging challenge: noisy surroundings
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10/20/2014
What determines a wet procedure location?
If no risk assessment is completed by the facility for the operating room, the room is considered a wet procedure location by default, according to a blog by Krista McDonald Biason
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10/14/2014
Hues for healthcare spaces
Color influences mood and can be a tool to shape the patient and guest experience
10/13/2014
White House blogs about preparing for Ebola
The blog was cross-posted on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 'CDC Director Blog'
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10/9/2014
Successful healthcare project delivery starts right on day one
From design to operation, getting it right from the start getting it right
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10/9/2014
Facility design may attract, keep physicians
Physician support spaces can improve the patient experience, according to a blog on the Healthcare Design website
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10/6/2014
Conducting business: collaboration and collocation in the locker room
By harnessing the opportunities created by technology and processes, project team members can increase their chances for establishing cohesiveness to ensure project success
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10/2/2014
The Quiet Zone: Controlling noise and improving privacy in hospitals
Since 2007, the quietness of patients' rooms at night has been the lowest-rated satisfaction marker nationwide
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10/1/2014
Knowing the impact and costs of chemical disinfectants
The introduction of more specialized chemical disinfectants to combat Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms or MDROs and other pathogens, places us squarely in an environmental contradiction: we are making environments increasingly unfriendly to both pathogens and people