Past Events

Please join HCC for the January Webinar!

Watch Recording HERE

Speaker: Dr. med. Dr. rer.nat. Dirk Boecker

Indoors, pathogen-carrying aerosol particles are recognized as important infection carriers like those in the current Corona pandemic. Yet this infection route is often underestimated and has been least systematically countered to date. Current indoor safety measures (e.g.: distancing, masks, filters) provide only limited protection. Inhalation of hypochlorous acid (HOCl) containing aerosols was recently shown in several studies to be safe and effective in prevention and even in reduction of symptoms of already infected individuals. We investigated a novel air-disinfection concept utilizing the potential of vaporized HOCl for populated facilities. Aerosolized bacterial microbes were used as surrogates for a viral contamination, particularly the enveloped coronavirus. We demonstrated the high efficacy of vaporized HOCl to deactivate airborne pathogens at safe and non-irritant levels. Incorporating this air-disinfection technology into building ventilation systems could be a valuable contribution for future infection prevention and control. It may take facility management to a new level of providing environmental safety.

Learning Objectives:

1. Role of aerogen driven infection pathways
2. Issues and shortcomings of current infection protection methods
3. Highlight the 2 roles of HOCl – innate immune response agent and powerful disinfectant
4. Provide and understanding how the new method can be implemented

All HCC members are welcome to attend this years Annual Meeting to be held virtually
on Thursday, December 8th at 10:30 AM CDT via GoTo Webinar. 

Register HERE

We hope you will join us at the Nashville Drury Hotel
for a WWP Health Care Council Happy Hour

We look forward to meeting you in person.
Come and share your thoughts/ideas on our council!
on Thursday September 29^th at 5:30 PM
300 Korean Veterans Blvd
Nashville, TN 37201

Please RSVP Connie Miller @ ConnieM@m-corp.us

Nothing compares to IFMA’s World Workplace. As the original all-encompassing learning and networking event on facilities and how to manage them, World Workplace remains the gold standard in facility management (FM) education, knowledge exchange, career development and professional network building.
IFMA’s World Workplace has been leading groundbreaking discussions and discoveries related to FM and the built environment for 40 years. Hosted by the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), World Workplace facilitates idea sharing and best-practice exchange between all professionals who support the built environment.
The event programming focuses on the latest topics of interest and concern to FM, World Workplace offers a new experience each year. There’s program value for FM and related workplace professionals at every level of their careers and across all types of facilities.

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Location: Marina Bay Sands – Singapore

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Location: Renaissance Austin Hotel
9721 Arboretum Boulevard
Austin, Texas 78759 USA

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Eng. Abdulrahim Alnatour
FMS Director
Almoosa Specialist Hospital
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Ineke Veenstra
Director Procurement, Logistics & Facilities
Erasmus MC University Hospital
The Netherlands

Evren TÜFEKÇİOĞLU
Deputy General Manager
Tepe Service & Management, Inc.
Turkey

The Health Care Council’s Panel Discussion

How Have FM’s From Around the World Responded to COVID-19: Europe and the Middle East

Join us for our first in a series of panel discussions hearing how Healthcare Facility Managers from around the world have responded to COVID-19.   Our first panel includes FM’s representing Europe and the Middle East.

Upcoming panel discussions will focus on Asia Pacific and Australia with the final panel discussion focusing on the Americas.

• Date: Thursday, October 22nd
• Time: 11AM Eastern Time/5 PM Central European Time

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Come and meet your fellow Health Care Council members at World Workplace.  We are having a meeting Wednesday morning and its free to attend.

More details to come.

Health Care Council of IFMA Diamond Sponsor of the International Nursing Conference for Excellence in Healthcare Design

Conference Mission

The mission of the conference is to:

• Disseminate new knowledge obtained through research related to the effect of healthcare design on patient (family), provider and organizational outcomes
• Identify best practices for nurse leadership in healthcare design
• Stimulate innovation in healthcare design
• Encourage interprofessional collaboration and engagement
• Identify opportunities for nurse, patient/family input into safety improvements in healthcare design
• Foster an inclusive platform for specialty design settings (global health, military health, integrative health, etc.) that expands and supports the role of nurse leaders in the design of specific specialty practices

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The most all-encompassing learning and networking event on facilities and how to manage them.