Ochratoxin: Mycotoxin from Mold Exposure
Ochratoxins can reduce immune function, inhibit energy production, and can even be a contributing factor to autism.
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Facility Managers Face Costly Dilemma with Management & Administration Pushback
No one knows the facility’s needs like a facility manager does but the money to fix things must be approved by administrators. Pressing needs are often pushed off due to high repair costs no matter how much you push.
Access Control: How to Balance Security with Health and Safety
As the pandemic continues to affect how occupants enter buildings, facility managers have to carefully consider how they’ll implement access control procedures and equipment that are both secure and safe.
How perfect storms sometimes create perfect opportunities
COVID-19 has forced hospitals to change many practices and focus mainly on keeping everyone safe from exposure to the virus and away from past operational practices. Fortunately, this has created new ways for hospitals to respond and adapt. One such advantage is embracing technology to aid in deploying solutions to otherwise weak points in protocols to […]
Mold Toxicity is Real. Here’s How to Test for it.
It’s all in her head. Many people think that individuals with mold sensitivity are exaggerating symptoms. Most physicians don’t test for mold toxicity and only deal with symptoms that point to regular medical issues. On a weekly basis, we almost always see an individual that is experiencing physical weakness and pain that is not attributable […]
Two COVID-19 Heroes You Won’t Hear About
We see the HERO signs thanking the army of healthcare workers in the middle of the COVID-19 battle outside hospitals, nursing homes and medical clinics, and rightfully deserved. Of course, nursing homes have taken a beating in the news due to the COVID-19 impact on their residents. According to research by USA Today over 42% […]
Changing Hospital Work Practices – Alert for Construction Workers
Hospitals depend on incoming patients for all types of procedures and evaluations, its how they stay in business. With the advent of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), no one wants to go to a hospital for anything. Hospitals are experiencing huge losses in revenue due to the governmental restrictions on elective procedures and related services. As […]
Providing excellent care through training and culture
The most successful hospitals not only focus on patient safety and positive outcomes, they also create a collective winning mindset within the organization. When a positive and open culture is created, great things happen and everyone benefits, especially patients. Two leaders—one in the Navy and one at a top-five hospital system—had simple but effective ways […]
Hospital policy changes: Measles, flu, and Candida auris
According to U.S. News & World Report health officials are predicting the upcoming flu season to be severe. Hospitals are scrambling to address the risks presented by increasing Measles cases, flu contagion, and prevention of the spread of the multi-drug resistant fungus Candida auris (C. auris). More healthcare systems are reviewing existing health tracking policies […]
Cancer treatments using immune system come with a cost
To many fighting cancer, palliative care is considered the ending point – just dealing with pain management until life ends. Recent developments outside of normal cancer treatment have emerged with both promise and staggering treatment pricing. While chemotherapy is still considered a mainstay in fighting cancer, it has its drawbacks in the form of adverse […]