Domestic Water Articles & Analysis
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Albany Medical Center in downtown Albany, NY encompasses the 651-bed Albany Medical Center Hospital, as well as the 550-student Albany Medical College. It is a Level-I Trauma center, and the only academic health sciences center in Northeastern New York State. In 2013, Albany Medical Center underwent a $330 million expansion of the Medical Center Hospital. Not only does the expansion allow for ...
St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center is a 451 bed hospital in Syracuse, NY. In 2009, St. Joseph's began a $220 million expansion, including a new surgical tower, new emergency services building, an emergency psychiatric program, and an energy-efficient data center. Completed in 2015, the expansion meets LEED Gold certification, the second-highest LEED tier. The expansion incorporated maximization ...
Penn State Hershey Medical Center was established in 1963 on a 550-acre campus and has 548 licensed beds. Penn State Hershey Medical Center is known as the premier provider of medical care in the central Pennsylvania area, recognized as the number four hospital in the state and home to PA’s only medical facility accredited as both an adult and pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center. Demonstrating ...
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected people have substantially greater need for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Many opportunistic infections cause high morbidity and mortality in people living with HIV (PLHIV) than in immune competent populations. The objective of the study was to assess WASH practices and associated factors among PLHIV. A cross-sectional study design was ...
In many coastal watersheds and ecosystems, rivers discharging to estuaries receive waters from domestic wastewater treatment plants resulting in the release and distribution of pharmaceuticals to the marine environment. ...
Using household survey data for Guatemala, this paper investigates the role of water and sanitation infrastructure on diarrhea incidence in children. Hierarchical logit models of diarrhea incidence are estimated to account for potential regional heterogeneity of water and sanitation effects. Results indicate that the incidence probability of diarrhea is on average 20% lower in homes connected ...
Surface water samples used for irrigation or domestic purposes, and water samples from the outflow of wastewater plants were collected from six provinces. ...
Patients, particularly those who are immuno-compromised, can become sick from exposure to these infectious agents in the ventilation system or in the drinking water supply. Sick patients can pass diseases onto workers, or workers can be sickened directly by the contaminants. ...