OSHA Issues Flu Directive for Healthcare Workers

HeidiTFM — 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

HeidiTFM — 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

AnneTFM — 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

HeidiTFM — 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

AnneTFM — 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

HeidiTFM — 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

HeidiTFM — 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

AnneTFM — 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!

HeidiTFM — 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 [...]

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