Floor tile and manufacturing method thereof
The invention provides a floor tile which comprises a base layer, a decorative layer and a wear-resisting layer, wherein the decorative layer is formed on the base layer by means of spray printing; the wear-resisting layer is a pre-formed layer made of a polymer material, and is fixed to the decorative layer in a proper way. A manufacturing method of the floor tile above comprises the steps of: providing the base layer; spray-printing a pattern on the base layer to form the decorative layer; providing the pre-formed wear-resisting layer made of the polymer material; and fixing the wear-resisting layer to the decorative layer. The floor tile provided by the invention has low production cost and good wear-resisting and waterproof properties, and generates smaller noise when being treaded.
Despite the fact that since 1985 the government of Quebec increased by 5.75 % on average the amount of money spent on healthcare per year, little improvement was noted. It is obvious that an optimal use of resources is essential to reduce waiting times and provide safer and faster services to patients. The use of new technology can contribute to improve the healthcare system efficiency. Our study aims to assess the impact of a medication distribution technology on 1) the performance of a health and social services center’s pharmacy, 2) the performance of one care unit in a nursing home and on 3) the medication-use process safety. To measure performance we were inspired by the Lean approach. The results show that medication distribution technology is considered as an effective way to significantly detect medication errors, to allow nurses to focus more on patients and pharmacy to react more rapidly to changes in patient medications.