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Tips on enterprise asset management
A look at enterprise and strategic asset management plus their benefits to health care organizations
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ARTICLES
Advocacy Alert
Chemical plant fire could impact water, wastewater systems
Health care facilities should be on alert for possible downstream impact to their water supplies
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Risk management
A preventive approach to the physical environment
Risk-based thinking helps facilities move beyond reactive responses and into proactive management
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ASHE Annual Conference
Debate examines conflicts between life safety and infection prevention
Experts in infection prevention and life safety led a conference session on how the two fields can support one another
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Advocacy Adviser
Leading a quality health care operation
Adopting continuous quality improvement as a 'state of mind' requires organizational buy-in
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Planning
Minimizing operational disruptions with alternative project delivery
Job order contracting can help to ensure repairs are completed in a timely manner following natural disaster
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OPERATIONS
Is your facility coronavirus vaccine ready?
Establishing a multidisciplinary vaccine workgroup can help to ensure health care facilities are ready
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Infrastructure
Quantifying excellence for health care facilities
Data standardization project at Yale New Haven Health builds a foundation for better operations
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Operations
Weighing the benefits and challenges of patient cohorting
Factors infection preventionists should consider when planning patient care arrangements during a pandemic
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Compliance & Operations
Should air sampling be routine?
Factors to consider when deciding on an air sampling protocol
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