Tool to prevent infection risk during health care facility construction updated
The AHA’s American Society for Health Care Engineering recently updated its free tool to help health care facilities assess and prevent infection risk during construction, renovation and maintenance. ASHE also sells an online course to help interdisciplinary teams apply the tool to the health care environment. ASHE is an AHA professional membership group.
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