Energy Savings Performance Contract project awarded Department of Commerce and utility grants of more than $240,000; addresses humidity issues; reduces operational costs; and improves comfort, patient care and physician retention. Challenge Othello Community Hospital was challenged to control the humidity level in its operating rooms, particularly in the summer and when farmers were irrigating adjacent fields. As a result, the hospital found it necessary to reschedule surgeries or send patients to other locations for treatment, frustrating sta and inconveniencing patients and surgeons. The unstable humidity levels were also costly to hospital operations, requiring sta to frequently re-sterilize operating rooms and equipment to prevent bacteria growth and reduce liability.

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