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Environmental service technicians play an essential role in preventing hospital acquired infections. Globally, a group of pathogens — Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacter species (ESKAPE) — are the major cause of healthcare-associated infections (HAI). When headlines in the patient safety guide tout that HAIs have decreased in U.S….

The Alberta government is investing almost $900,000 in funding to the Telus Spark Science Centre in Calgary. The funding will help create a series of exploration spaces designed to encourage young people to pursue a career in the trades. The spaces will educate youth about trades-based science concepts in a fun and engaging way. There…

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced a new request for information (RFI) focused on enabling energy efficiency and decarbonization in commercial buildings, contributing to a more efficient electric infrastructure and improving resiliency and occupant health. This latest RFI comes shortly after the GSA selected 17 emerging…

  Challenge The two 750-ton Trane centrifugal chillers, in the twenty-year-old Willis-Knighton Medical Center chilled water plant, were taxed with providing comfort for the entire facility. The medical center sought upgrades to add capacity, control comfort, increase redundancy and reduce energy costs, without a prolonged, disruptive construction outage. With the existing plant located in the…

Organizational health is a moving target. Leaders at today’s healthiest organizations don’t run them the same way that the C-suite did in 2003, when McKinsey launched the Organizational Health Index (OHI). We created the index to help organizations gain vital insights into whether they have the right practices in place to drive sustained performance. In…