Jamie Morgan

Operations Related to Environmental Hygiene, Operational Excellence

Studies compare hospital cleaning methods

CDC Prevention Epicenter examines different infection prevention strategies to help narrow down best practices in reducing HAIs.

Operational Excellence, Compliance and Operations

NFPA's 2018 Life Safety and Health Care Facilities codes open for comment

Also this week: Joint Commission updates its sentinel event statistics, and a new study says location of hand sanitizer stations has an affect on its use by hospital visitors.

Architecture

Designing collaborative care facilities

Does your health care facility have dedicated space for staff collaboration?.

Products, Water Management Products, Communication Systems Products

Solutions

On our radar, plumbing and nurse call systems.

Architecture, Construction, Operational Excellence

Emergency care system designs new prototype to tackle overcrowding

Neighbors Emergency Center hopes to decrease wait times and improve care by rethinking traditional layouts and processes.

Operational Excellence, Safety and Security

AHA comments on New York Times hospital security article

Also this week: Study demonstrates copper's effectiveness in stopping MRSA, and FDA updates two endoscope reprocessor safety alerts.

Operations Related to Environmental Hygiene, Operational Excellence

Getting to environmental services' bottom line

Has your ES department implemented a Lean initiative in the past year?.

Operations Related to Environmental Hygiene, Operational Excellence

Survey reveals top priorities of environmental services leaders

Keeping patients happy, reducing costs and retaining staff are major focuses for cleaning managers.

HHS awards $500,000 to Flint health centers

Also this week: AHA urges CMS to protect outpatient care, and the Joint Commission releases new fire safety resources.

Architecture

Building health care facilities of the future

Is your health care facility designed for flexibility?.