DuPont/HFM Forum on carpet in health care facilities. Roundtable discussion.
DuPont and Health Facilities Management magazine invited 20 national experts to Dalton, GA--the carpet-manufacturing capital of the world--on May 13 to take part in DuPont's first-ever Forum on Carpet in Health Care Facilities. During the two-hour roundtable discussion, moderated by DuPont's C. Jack Murph and HFM's Michael Hemmes, end-users, interior designers and mill representatives talked about the aesthetic, economic and performance aspects of using carpet in health care settings. Here's an edited version of what they said.
Murph
J
J
DuPont Fibers, Wilmington, DE.
Hemmes
M
M
Blyth
P L
PL
Plappert
K K
KK
Noell
E
E
VanStavern
V
V
Cama
R
R
Lynn
V
V
Pollitt
B S
BS
Rainey
P M
PM
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