Act quickly and harness the right expertise.

In an article that first appeared in The Australian Hospital Engineer, Jeremy Stamkos, principal indoor environment consultant for Eronmor, a specialist indoor air quality consultancy, advises on some of the key steps that hospitals and other healthcare facilities should take following 'water ingress events'--to both protect property from damage, and safeguard the health of patients, visitors, and staff. The key, he stresses, is to act quickly and, where necessary, to harness specialist external expertise.