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Healthcare Facilities Can Win $25,000

Anne Vazquez — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:03:35 +0000

In February 2011, National Office Furniture will provide a $25,000 Gift of Inspiration to a healthcare facility that registers on its website.

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NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: HealthPower From Square D by Schneider Electric

Anne Vazquez — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:02:32 +0000

This program focuses on the electrical infrastructure of hospitals to improve safety, as well as operational efficiency.

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Stonhard Donates To TX Children’s Foundation

Anne Vazquez — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:21:55 +0000

The manufacturer and installer of flooring systems presented a $20,000 check to the Foundation in September.

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ASHE, IFMA Release Healthcare Benchmarking Report

Heidi Schwartz — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:25:06 +0000

The report provides relevant data that professionals can use to compare their operations to those of similar institutions and make the case to the boardroom for capital investment and resource allocation.

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ASHE Offers Healthcare Commissioning Book

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:00:07 +0000

Developed for healthcare professionals by healthcare professionals, this commissioning guide focuses on the issues specific to commissioning in this particular environment.

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Survey: Healthcare Needs More Sustainability Managers

Heidi Schwartz — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:02:44 +0000

The survey, podcast, and seminar series are part of the IFMA Healthcare Council’s mission to keep health care professionals abreast of the most critical trends in 21st Century hospitals.

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Violent Events In Healthcare Facilities

Anne Vazquez — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:11:39 +0000

The Joint Commission provides 13 items healthcare facility staff members should practice.

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Wisconsin Healthcare Facility Wins $25,000

Anne Vazquez — Mon, 24 May 2010 13:56:42 +0000

National Office Furniture last week presented its $25,000 Gift of Inspiration for Healthcare Environments award.

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NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: Pharmaceutical Waste Management

Anne Vazquez — Thu, 06 May 2010 13:52:25 +0000

MA-based Clean Harbors offers customized pharmaceutical waste management and removal programs for healthcare facilities.

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OSHA Issues Flu Directive for Healthcare Workers

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:20:37 +0000

In response to complaints, OSHA inspectors will ensure that healthcare employers implement a hierarchy of controls and encourage vaccination and other work practices recommended by the CDC.

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New Healthcare Facility Design Guidelines

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:22:45 +0000

The Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) has published its 2010 edition of the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities.

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Repurposed Drinking Fountains

Anne Vazquez — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:51:43 +0000

At an Ontario hospital, decommissioned drinking fountains were converted into hand washing units as an infection control measure.

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AEDG for Small Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:43:05 +0000

This latest guide focuses on energy saving strategies for small healthcare facilities up to 90,000 square feet in size, including acute care facilities, outpatient surgery centers, critical access hospitals, and inpatient community hospitals.

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$25,000 Gift Available For Healthcare Facility

Anne Vazquez — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:56:59 +0000

National Office Furniture will give a $25,000 Gift of Inspiration for Healthcare Environments to one lucky facility next spring.

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OSHA Directive Addresses Flu Prevention for Healthcare Workers

Heidi Schwartz — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:23:54 +0000

OSHA issued a compliance directive on 11/20/09 to ensure uniform procedures when conducting inspections to identify and minimize or eliminate high to very high risk occupational exposures for healthcare workers to the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus.

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New Report: VA Hospitals Could Set Healing Design Benchmark

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:15:18 +0000

If implemented, the recommendations in a new report from NIBS would provide the VA with a model that is paramount to the future success of veteran healthcare delivery and without precedent in the U.S. healthcare industry.

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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Flooded Hospital Shortens A Long Road Back

Anne Vazquez — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:13:46 +0000

On June 7, 2008, record flooding from nearby Haw Creek filled the basement and up to six inches on the first floor of Columbus Regional Hospital in Columbus, IN.

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FRIDAY FUNNY: Paging Dr. Hello Kitty!

Heidi Schwartz — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:10:42 +0000

Visitors view newborns in the Hello Kitty-designed maternity ward, at the Hau Sheng hospital. (AP Photo Credit/Wally Santana)

Back in 2006, Hau Sheng Hospital in Yuanlin, located 95 miles outside of Taipei, latched on to the benevolent cartoon symbol associated with all things cute, pink, and cuddly—Hello Kitty. Visitors of the hospital’s maternity ward (which has now delivered about 2,000 babies since its adoption of the Hello Kitty theme) are inundated with images of the cheery, mouthless anime icon, which is appearing exclusively on everything from nurse’s uniforms to blankets to room decor to birth certificates.

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