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Infrastructure
Atlas Copco's medical air plant calculator helps hospital engineers, developers and medical specialists select the correct air plant according to different medical gas standards, such as ISO7396-1, HTM02-01 or HTM2022. It can be accessed at www.atlascopco.com/Medicalus/tools/tools.
Sustainbility
The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council has released "HospiCycle: A Plastics Recycling Guide for Hospitals" to help facilities plan and implement a plastics recycling program. The guide and other tools are at www.hprc.org/#!hospicycle.
Operations
Brenneco Fire Protection's digital guide, "Health Care Facility Managers: How to maximize vendor relationships to reach goals," discusses finding and working with vendors. It can be accessed at http://brennecofp.com/health-care fire-protection.
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