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When a patient contracts an infection in a hospital, everyone pays. Here are the numbers: An Indian study found that when patients develop a Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI) during their …
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From back corridors to the front desk: The right approach to hospital maintenance
Healthcare occupies one of the top positions when it comes to critical cleaning and housekeeping. Each area in any hospital requires meticulous planning, scheduling, product identification, process definition and more. …
For the past decade, Sumeet Facilities Ltd has been providing engineering & maintenance, kitchen/pantry, housekeeping and other services to Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. Dr Ajay Swaroop, Chairman, Board of …
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An infection control specialist’s guide to choosing the right disinfectant
In a tour de force paper, Dr Sanjay Bhattacharya, Consultant in Microbiology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata refers extensively to published protocols and indexed studies to summarise what India lacks in …
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Microbiologists’ Perspective: The definitive guide to hospital cleaning
While the infection control team of every hospital consists of multiple stakeholders who work in a coordinated manner, the team is always led by a microbiologist, who sets cleaning and …
At a time when global marketing magnates and sales gurus are engrossed in long discussions about reshaping strategies that will drive the market from 2023 through 2025, the Indian cleaning …
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A medical administrator, microbiologist, quality control expert and housekeeping expert discuss hospital cleaning
In a conversation ably steered by Dr Vasundhra Atre, Director, Medical Operations, Medical Strategy & Operations Group, Fortis Bangalore, three panellists discussed the ins and outs of environmental cleaning to …
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How do housekeepers clean up after a big, fat Indian wedding?
Every year, when the rest of the workforce goes on vacation, housekeepers in India are confronted with their highest annual workload. Why? Because a combination of pleasant weather, religious beliefs …
Unlike the experience of maintaining workspaces with people, a data centre is like managing a no-man’s land. These massive, hermetically sealed facilities house hundreds of servers, storage systems, routers and …
Despite being a niche facility segment, data centres account for a significant part of the global power demand. Their operations depend on uninterrupted, quality power supply, while the corporations that …
