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Digital Exclusive: Prefab Is Changing Health Care Design, Construction

February 22, 2019

To overcome various obstacles, health care architects, contractors and owners are shifting their paradigm and increasingly moving toward modular design and prefabrication.

Study: Sink Drains Next to Toilets in Patient Rooms Equals a Reservoir of Bacteria

February 12, 2019

Of the samples tested, 87 percent of patient sinks next to toilets tested positive for KPC in stark comparison to the 21.7 percent of sink drains located closer to the entry door of the room.

2018 Edition of ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 6000 Now Available

January 25, 2019

Series 6000 addresses minimum requirements for medical gas systems inspectors, verifiers, maintenance personnel and instructors.

asthma & allergy friendly(R) Certification Mark Now More Accessible to Manufacturers

November 15, 2018

Certified products help consumers address indoor air quality, limit their exposure to harmful chemicals and reduce allergens and irritants that can trigger symptoms.

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To Sense or Not to Sense

The pros and cons of using hands-free faucets in a facility.

October 5, 2018

Some tips for deciding whether a touchless faucet will work in a client’s commercial or educational building.

Ending Legionnaires’ Disease

Health care facilities should have a regimen of testing water systems and use supplemental disinfection to control the Legionella bacteria.

August 22, 2018

We have learned much about controlling the growth and spread of Legionella bacteria in water systems. Health-care facilities are especially vulnerable. ASHRAE-compliant water management programs can reduce the risk for Legionella and other pathogens in their water systems.

Plumbing Engineer's Top 10 in Their 20s: Meagan Gibbs

Young engineers shine through commitment, perseverance and tenacity.

August 21, 2018

Sharon Rehana

Meagan Gibbs, EI, ASSE 6005, age 26, is a plumbing designer at Henderson Engineers, Kansas City, Kansas. She is recognized as one of Plumbing Engineer's Top 10 in Their 20s and here's why...