TAMPA, Fla. — Orkin, the IPM Institute and the Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE) has honored Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa with the 2014 IPM Partner Award in the health care category.
The IPM Partner Awards, now in its 11th year, honor facilities for their dedication to Integrated Pest Management (IPM) partnerships with Orkin, a subsidiary of Rollins Inc. based in Atlanta.
The Endurex 555 from Nudo Products is a new, high-impact hurricane panel. Despite the popular use of steel as the protective force in a panel, Nudo has developed a new lightweight composite that actually outperforms their steel predecessors. The lightweight composite is also completely resistant to moisture and has a perfect balance to it. Even though the Endurex 555 is not as thick as its steel counterpart, Nudo has developed a proper insulation value in order to make up for its thinness.
ROYAL OAK, Mich. — The Karmanos Center for Natural Birth opened on Nov. 3 at Beaumont Hospital.
The hospital calls it a safe and natural birthing alternative for expectant moms in metro Detroit. It combines the comforts of a high-end home with the safety net of a high-tech hospital. The birthing center was built as part of the Danialle & Peter Karmanos Jr. Birth Center at Beaumont through a $6 million gift from Danialle and Peter Karmanos Jr. Karmanos has four sons who were born naturally, including two who were born at Beaumont, Royal Oak.
AUSTIN, Texas — Flooring has always been a hot topic of debate for hospitals, according to Debra Harris, PhD, principal investigator at RAD Consultants in Austin, Texas.
When it comes to energy use, advanced building automation systems (BAS) provide a powerful tool for understanding, thereby reducing, heating and cooling energy consumption.
NEW YORK — New evidence shows that keeping patients in the hospital one day longer can significantly cut readmissions, save patient lives and reduce costs.
Research from a September 2014 Columbia Business School study titled, “Should Hospitals Keep Their Patients Longer? The Role of Inpatient and Outpatient Care in Reducing Readmissions,” compared the impact of a longer length of stay in the hospital to the effects of outpatient care for Medicare patients.
ATLANTA — Health care worker confidence decreased to the lowest level in more than a year, according to an online study of more than 160 employees.
The Randstad Healthcare Employee Confidence Index, released by Atlanta-based health care staffing firm Randstad Healthcare, showed worker confidence fell to 54.3 in the third quarter of 2014 from 59.8 in the previous quarter. Randstad noted, however that the index remains above the positive confidence threshold of 50.0.
WASHINGTON — New research shows that despite improvements in many aspects of patient safety, hospitals have not been able to improve things such as surgical site infections.
It takes only two to four hours for a virus to spread through an office, hotel or health care facility after a doorknob or tabletop is contaminated. To help organizations reduce the spread of infection, ATEK Access Technologies LLC released the Larco U-WAV touchless sensing wall switch, a sensor switch designed for activation of automatic doors, lighting controls or call points. The U-WAV touch-free switch is compliant with part 15 of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules.
