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Since its opening in 1988, Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge, AB, has provided high-quality patient-centered care for the residents of southwestern Alberta. It offers a full range of healthcare services for the region, including a 24/7 emergency department, intensive care unit and extensive outpatient services. According to Alberta Health Services, more than 10,800 surgeries are performed at the hospital every year.
Topics: HVAC, Engineering, Design Engineering, Critical Environments, ASHRAE 170
Healthcare-associated infections remain a persistent challenge, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimating that 1 in 31 US patients acquired at least one infection during care in 2024. This reality underscores the critical role of environmental control – particularly room pressurization – in safeguarding both patients and healthcare staff.
Topics: Controls, HVAC, Engineering, Design Engineering, Critical Environments, ASHRAE 170
Operating rooms (ORs) come in many varieties depending on the type of surgeries performed in them. A hybrid OR, for example, is home to large imaging equipment, whether that’s a CT scanner or an MRI machine.
Topics: HVAC, Engineering, Design Engineering, Critical Environments, CFD, ASHRAE 170
What if you could move through a fully functioning operating room and explore how it goes above and beyond current air distribution minimums without ever stepping foot in a hospital?
Now you can.
Topics: Diffusers, Fan Coils, Controls, Thermal Comfort, HVAC, Engineering, Design Engineering, Critical Environments, Lighting, ASHRAE 170
Price’s ever-growing team is made up of extraordinarily talented individuals from different backgrounds. We periodically profile a “person of Price” to give you a glimpse at the person behind all those emails or the voice at the end of the phone! This post: JP Pelletier.
Topics: Employees, HVAC, People of Price, Critical Environments
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