Health & Safety
Environmental surfaces can be infection gateway
Recently released guidelines from Ontario's Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee address the cleaning and disinfecting challenges that housekeeping staff continue to face in healthcare facilities.
How FMs can support employment standards
The latest phase of accessibility regulations in Ontario may concern employment standards, but facility managers have a role to play in compliance.
BIFMA updates its ergonomics guideline
The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association recently revised its 2002 ergonomics guideline.
‘Nutrition labelling’ for building products
The Health Product Declaration (HPD) open standard was developed to provide support for evaluating products ...
Health advocacy
A collective effort is underway to develop a Health Product Declaration, which is aimed at creating a consistent format for reporting product content ...