Flexible, Mobile Workstations
AirClean Systems introduced its AC600 Series chemical workstations, designed to offer flexibility and mobility for laboratory environments. AirClean Systems ductless fume hoods and chemical workstations utilize gas phase bonded carbon filtration, providing higher capacity and eliminating filter dusting, according to the company. In addition to standard formulations, multi-layered and chemically-impregnated filters are available to increase load capacity. AC600 Series workstations can even be configured with multiple carbon and HEPA filters.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Griffin-American Health Care REIT II, formerly known as Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, acquired 10 skilled nursing facilities and one medical office building for approximately $174.3 million in January.
ST. LOUIS — A new $72 million four-level addition is scheduled for summer completion at Chambersburg Hospital, an affiliate of Summit Health located in Chambersburg, Pa. 
Shepley Bulfinch recently hired health care planning and design leader Mario Vieira as a principal at the firm. With 25 years of experience as a healthcare architect, Vieira has worked with community hospital clients throughout the East Coast. His assignments included a master plan and award-winning patient care tower for Cape Cod Hospital, inpatient and ambulatory projects for Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT, and the Southcoast Hospitals Group.
Gary Wilkinson, who joined KLMK in 2004, was named principal consultant for the company. Based in Birmingham, Alabama, Wilkinson manages projects at various facilities, including the Slidell Memorial Hospital, Princeton Baptist Medical Center, Southeast Alabama Medical Center and West Georgia Health System. In addition, he is leading the Transition Planning and Move Management Team for the Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children at Children’s of Alabama. 
HOUSTON — Construction is under way on a new $15 million nursing school facility at Texas Tech University’s Health Sciences Center in Abilene, Texas, that could address the state’s increasing shortage of nurses.