Posts Tagged ‘ Indoor Air Quality ’

Reducing Infections in Healthcare Facilites

Research Hospital-acquired infections, or nosocomial infections, are one of the leading casues of death in the United States killing more Americans than AIDS, breast cancer, or automobile accidents.   In 1995 alone, nosocomial infections contributed to more than 88,000 deaths, or one death every six minutes at a cost of $4.5 billion. Weinstein found that that [...]

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Indoor Air Quality Improvements Could Save US Businesses $250 Billion

"A Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory study found that US businesses could save as much as $58 billion in lost sick time and an additional $200 billion in work performance by indoor air quality improvements alone."

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