WEEKLY ROUND-UP

Welcome to the HealthcareFacilitiesToday.com weekly roundup. Check out the key posts from last week and hit the ground running on Monday.

This week's posts included a number of posts about preventing and dealing with potential dangers that plague healthcare facilities

According to an article on the Mondaq website, the state of 

California is working on hospital violence standards.  Meanwhile, a blog on the MedPage Today site declares that because of increasing violence, working in healthcare is becoming a risky business.

Other threats — both large and microscopic — are death with in articles on the Hospitals & Health Networks site ("Resilient design helps hospitals weather natural disasters") and the Fresno Bee ("Three Fresno hospitals cited for high infection rates").

Finally, we couldn't let St. Patrick's Day week pass without a green story. This one is from Muskoka Region site, describing Canadian hospitals that are being praised for carbon footprint reduction.

Click the links below for a quick sampling of the week's articles and be sure to come back to HealthcareFacilitiesToday.com every day next week. We’re gathering and sharing the news, insights and advice you need to do your job smarter today, tomorrow and far into the fast-changing future of healthcare facilities. 

• California working on hospital violence standards

• Working in healthcare becoming a risky business

• Resilient design helps hospitals weather natural disasters

• Three Fresno hospitals cited for high infection rates

• Canadian hospitals praised for carbon footprint reduction