'Out of sight' should not be 'out of mind'

While a familiar issue for seasoned estates and facilities managers, the problem of dirt and dust in ducting, and the potential consequences of insufficient cleaning of hospital ductwork, are in danger of being ignored due to a lack of available funds for proper maintenance within ever diminishing healthcare estate budgets. So says Ian Wall, sales director at Midlands-based ductwork cleaning specialist Ductbusters, who told HEJ editor Jonathan Baillie that putting off duct cleaning, however tempting this may be given numerous competing maintenance priorities, can result in a serious threat to the health of patients, staff, and visitors.