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Healthcare facilities

Mount Sinai Hospital

REMI Network

Mount Sinai Hospital completes historic redevelopment project

The Ontario government invested $383 million into the largest redevelopment in Mount Sinai Hospital’s history.
environmental services

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Centennial boosts environmental services program

Centennial College is now home to a ground-breaking course that is better preparing next generation environmental services professionals for the field.
PPE

REMI Network

Reusable hospital gowns lower GHG emissions most, finds study on PPE

The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care led research on reusable personal protective equipment in an effort to identify opportunities for waste reduction and reuse across the health system.
Cape Breton

REMI Network

Medical school campus planned for Cape Breton University

Nova Scotia is investing $58.9 million for a second medical school campus that will train more doctors and focus on rural healthcare needs.
healthcare

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Evolving technologies for evolving healthcare

There are many influential technologies healthcare facilities can use to reduce the spread of infections.
EVS

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Healthcare housekeeping & EVS in good hands

The Canadian Healthcare Housekeepers Association has observed pandemic pain – and progression.
UV disinfection

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

UV disinfection market expected to expand quickly

UV disinfection has increasingly been recognized as an effective method of infection prevention.
hygiene

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Removing barriers is critical to proper healthcare hand hygiene

What can be done to help facilitate greater hand hygiene?
environmental hygiene

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Healthcare facilities know they lack in environmental hygiene

A study found 98% of healthcare facilities surveyed are not meeting the full HEH guidelines offered by the World Health Organization.
aerosolized hydrogen peroxide

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

How aerosolized hydrogen peroxide can help reduce hospital infections

Adding a touchless aHP disinfection system can result in a significant and sustained reduction in CDI rates.
infections

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Rates of other hospital-acquired infections increasing

A new report attributes a rise in other infections to a "laser focus" on COVID-19 and exhausted and overworked staff.
Sunnybrook

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Healthcare facilities management market to grow extensively

Contributing factors include an increase in the occurrence of chronic diseases, rising global healthcare expenses, and increasing medical tourism.
ventilation standard

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

ASHRAE updates healthcare facility ventilation standard

The 2021 edition delivers critical guidance for designers and operators of these frontline facilities and incorporates 17 changes to the standard.
Ontario Nurses' Association

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Ontario Nurses’ Association urges province on airborne transmission

The Ontario Nurses' Association says the province has failed to act "despite persistent infection and consensus on aerosol transmission."
SickKids

REMI Network

First redevelopment phase begins for a renewed SickKids

Construction has officially begun on the Patient Support Centre, the first phase of the SickKids' redevelopment project.
infection control and prevention and the transmission of candida auris

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Understanding Candida auris transmission

Recognizing how the drug-resistant fungus spreads in healthcare facilities is essential for effective infection control.
BOMA International centre stage

Canadian Property Management

Canadians on BOMA International centre stage

Canadian real estate had a winning presence again this year at the annual Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International conference and expo.