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Codes & Standards
Health care facilities managers can help shape recommendations for operating room air quality
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Landscaping
Sanford Castle adds pediatric playground to support wellness
Accessible children's recreation area designed "for play but also part of healing"
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Power Skills Series
How Thanksgiving prepares you for intercultural fluency
Building a team that knows how to integrate varying views and perspectives will help to heighten communication and collaboration
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Safety
Cross-collaborative team helps improve workplace safety
Backed by system-level leadership, a coalition of clinical and operation staff developed a comprehensive approach to combatting workplace violence
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Codes & Standards
Tracking ASHRAE news and standards open for comment
A list of ASHRAE addenda, revisions and drafts affecting health care open for public comment plus other updates
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Regulatory
CMS provides guidance on two surveyor updates
Two recent QSO letters clarify survey processes for reporting patient safety documentation and rural emergency hospitals
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Sustainability
Database simplifies the search for sustainability incentives
The NC Clean Technology Center has compiled hundreds of energy efficiency incentives and programs into one easy-to-use site
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Power Skills Series
What Ferris Bueller teaches us about career management
Taking a little time to first assess career goals will help in finding the fastest route to success
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Technology
App increases security tips across Deaconess Health
Accessible solution streamlines emergency response procedure for hospital employees
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Construction
Robotic dogs join construction crew for new hospital
Autonomous robots save human coworkers dozens of hours in repetitive tasks
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