With sanitary conditions, hordes of medical devices and equipment, and the attention of professionals, health care facilities—including hospitals, nursing facilities, and outpatient facilities—make up a […]
924,107 staffed beds occupy all U.S. hospitals, with around 50,000 being found in intensive care. Whether at capacity or have some space for admission, for […]
Decontamination showers act as a quick and effective method for first responders and others needing to rid victims exposed to harmful fluids or corrosive materials […]
Some 16 million people work in the healthcare sector, doing the work that keeps the rest of us alive. Personal protective equipment (PPE), such as […]
NFPA 101A-2019: Guide On Alternative Approaches To Life Safety, 2019 Edition offers guidance for life safety in particular facilities. It is meant to supplement, not […]
Blasting a laser into your flesh or skin generally isn’t the brightest idea. Nonetheless, in health care facilities, lasers, of varying types and wavelengths (measured […]
The massive cloud migration of recent years has spread across a myriad of industries, with healthcare being one of the latest to adopt its systems […]
ANSI/AAMI/ISO 11737-1:2018 – Sterilization of health care products – Microbiological methods – Part 1: Determination of a population of microrganisms on products has been released. […]
Workplace lighting is a very nuanced subject, especially when the psychological and physiological effects that poor lighting can have on people are taken into account. […]
The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) published the new Z8001 standard on Commissioning Health Care Facilities, basing it on an earlier standard, Z320, Building Commissioning, and […]