The Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC), a Division of ISSA (the worldwide cleaning industry association), has just published an informational video that shares important information about the monkeypox virus and response tactics with the cleaning industry to help eradicate this disease. The cleaning industry will need to respond, as the United States has declared monkeypox a public health emergency and several states have gone a step further and declared a state of emergency. This will free up additional funding and resources to fight the disease.
The first monkeypox case was reported in the U.S. in May, and in less than 100 days, it has spread rapidly, and currently there are over 9,500 cases confirmed. Sexual transmission is contributing to this outbreak but not exclusively, as some people have caught the virus through face-to-face interactions with someone, or by touching a contaminated surface.
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Charles Thomas, industry consultant and facility manager, shares his recruitment tips when filling job vacancies. (This article was originally published on the fnPrime website.)
During the Great Resignation, millions of U.S. workers have left their jobs, either for early retirement, seeking better opportunities, or wanting a career change. Managers in all industries are searching for qualified applicants to fill countless job openings — including vacancies in facility management. However, hiring in this industry is challenging, as facility management can be a technical position at times, requiring an understanding of how different products and assets operate. But it also requires customer service skills, leadership traits and the ability to communicate with others.
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The Safety-First Credit from the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Rating System recommends using adenosine triphosphate (ATP) monitors to measure cleaning performance. As many cleaning professionals know, ATP is an energy molecule found in all plants, animals and microbial cells. All organic matter, living or not, contains ATP, including bacteria, mold and microorganisms.
"What is most important for us to know is that the detection of ATP on a surface indicates the presence of biological matter, explains Stephen Ashkin, founder of The Ashkin Group and a leading advocate for green cleaning and sustainability. "In the cleaning world, this is a 'red light' that potentially health-risking pathogens are on a surface."
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Keeping with the Thea series’ evolutionary design, precision-crafted furniture designer and manufacturer Versteel has revealed a new seating option to complement the Thea table in various gathering spaces. The sleek, modern chair also independently pairs with other furniture in a wide range of contexts.
The new Thea chair, designed exclusively for Versteel by Roberto Lucci, incorporates the same hairpin leg detail as the Thea table to provide added strength as well as comfort. With a growing demand for products that are both efficient and visually appealing, this sleek seating option is efficiently designed to provide users with solutions that can be seamlessly integrated into the aesthetic.
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Facilities managers (FMs) were key to keeping traditional workspaces as support mechanisms while people were working or learning from home. In many cases without adequate FM training to perform all the functions that cropped up. Supporting staff with workspace digital access and while at home also caused them to encounter some of the longest work hours ever between coordinating with management, IT teams, remote service providers, energy and power management companies, and building operations support. Further, they had to ensure buildings were secure, protected, and accessible if there were limited staff needing access.
Is it any wonder that facilities managers joined the ranks of healthcare professionals as among the most exhausted?
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Facility managers will be walking the line when they reach Nashville to attend World Workplace® 2022, September 28-30. The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) has chosen “Take Center Stage” as the conference theme in recognition of the changing role of FMs in the workplace arena. “As the curtain lifts on FM’s shift from purely operational to indispensably strategic, there’s no business like know business,” says IFMA. “Get your act together — this year’s marquee FM event in Music City Center will prepare you to take center stage in making the spaces you manage your tour de force.”
World Workplace is the largest facility management conference in the world, offering discussions and sessions on FM and the wider built environment since 1995. World Workplace offers sessions in tracks, introducing “Emerging Topics” that consist of new or evolving business functions, external influences, or mandates that have a high probability of impacting the FM profession in terms of roles, responsibilities, and skills and knowledge requirements. The other tracks are FM Solutions; Finance & Business; Leadership & Strategy; Operations & Maintenance; Project Management; Risk Management; Facility Information Management & Technology Management; Occupancy & Human Factors; Performance & Human Factors. Sustainability; and Workplace Evolutionaries.
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Education sessions and Product Zones are the most important reason to attend NFMT Remix in Las Vegas, November 2-3. For Pro and Elite attendees, there are 60-minute sessions focused on foundational principals of Facilities Management. The key trends of technology, safety and sustainability tend to be cross-functional and have a major impact on overall facilities strategies. These sessions are geared as more introductory sessions. Think Tanks, for Elite attendees, are 60-minute informal discussions focused around either a specific building type or trend. This will allow you to network with your peers in a small group environment. Attendees can pull up a chair and ask your questions to like-minded FMs from around the country. Each roundtable will have an official moderator to help guide the conversation.
Concurrent Sessions run on Wednesday and Thursday, while Product Zone Sessions are featured during the Expo hours, between 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. The Women in FM panel and a reception conclude Wednesday’s activities.
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FSI, a Pittsburgh-based provider of computerized maintenance management software (CMMS) solutions for healthcare organizations, has launched eBinders, an electronic binder designed to automate compliance reporting. The product gives healthcare service professionals a way to organize and keep track of compliance reports and dashboards from one location within FSI’s healthcare-specific CMMS platform, CMS.
With over 80% of U.S. hospitals accredited by The Joint Commission, compliance preparation and preventive maintenance is a priority for thousands of healthcare service professionals nationwide. Compliance violations, safety issues and inefficient processes can hurt an organization’s bottom line, and with staffing shortages and labor challenges being felt across the industry, helping facilities and healthcare technology management teams save time and build more efficient processes were main drivers in developing the software.
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New events posted this week
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