The VersaGuard by Versa Wallcovering is designed to provide protection with flexibility and durability. Engineered to perform in high-traffic corridors and public spaces, the wallpaper shields walls from rigorous use and the repeated impact of desks and chairs. Bleach or rubbing alcohol can be used for easy clean ups, resisting tough stains such as mustard, ink, and iodine, according to the company.
Designed to help architects and designers create more detailed, accurate renderings, the new Autodesk Revit Architecture materials library from Nora Systems Inc. makes it possible to incorporate Nora flooring into 3D designs. With more than 300 variations of nora rubber flooring in different colors, styles and textures, the Revit materials library allows users to incorporate floor coverings, including tiles and sheet goods, into their Revit projects.
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PerfectServe has named a health care industry leader, Leigh Ann Myers, RN, MSN, as vice president and chief clinical officer. In her new role, Myers will provide clinical expertise, vision and insight to the company’s strategic clinical direction and product development. With more than 15 years of health care expertise in quality and performance improvement, Myers comes to the company from PatientSafe Solutions, where she served as a senior clinical product expert.
Mark T. Faulkner was named the chief executive officer of Baptist Health Care and will assume his new role in June 2012. Faulkner became Baptist Hospital vice-president of operations in 2004 after serving as the administrator of the Jay Hospital. He became senior vice president of Baptist Health Care and president of Baptist Hospital in 2006.
Fred Miehl is a Certified Protection Professional with the security systems design consulting firm of Aggleton and Associates, Inc. He is a member of ASIS, and a member of the IAHSS; he was a former board member of the International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC). Miehl has been planning and designing security systems for more than 30 years.
ZEELAND, Mich. — The technology used to train astronauts and airline professionals is now available to health care professionals at the new Clinical Simulation Center in Washington, D.C. to educate health care professionals on how to heighten patient safety.
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — The last place you need to make you sick is the hospital.
When Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y., a part of the Ellis Medicine health care system, faced vehicle exhaust emissions entering through fresh air intakes, administrators sought out a solution to the challenge.
The existing six-story facility, which was rebuilt in 2010, includes a fresh air intake under a covered area that serves a primary pick-up and drop-off point for patients entering and leaving the facility.
Laundry product manufacturer Meese Orbitron Dunne Co. is including its rugged, rotationally molded plastic base upgrade as a standard feature on its bulk laundry and linen trucks. Rotomolded in one piece of 100 percent polyethylene surrounding molded-in steel tubes, the waterproof poly base offers heavy load bearing strength to metal bases yet cannot rust or corrode and provides comparable rigidity yet cannot deteriorate from water, rot or pests, according to the company.
Johnson Controls’ York YVWA water-cooled screw chiller is designed for energy efficiency. The unit is designed to cut energy costs and carbon emissions by as much as 30 percent while increasing sustainability by using the HFC-134a refrigerant, which has zero ozone-depletion potential and no phase-out date, according to the company.
PROMOTION — Champion’s Passage treatment recliner offers soft, radius lines for a more “at-home feeling” that fits flawlessly in a patient room or other health care setting. The Trendelenburg feature comes standard and is unmatched in efficiency and ease of operation. The Passage is ideal for use in oncology, surgery centers, dialysis, infusion therapies, patient rooms, long-term care environments and other treatment needs.
