PFE METRIC 4: PFAC or. Representative on Hospital. Committee. The intent of this metric is that a hospital has a formal. relationship with patient and family advisors from the local. community who provide input and guidance from the patient. perspective on hospital operations, policies, procedures, and. quality improvement efforts.
Haze is traditionally an atmospheric phenomenon where dust, smoke and other dry particles obscure the clarity of the sky. The World Meteorological Organization manual of codes includes a classification of horizontal obscuration into categories of fog, ice fog, steam fog, mist, haze, smoke, volcanic ash, dust, sand and snow. Sources for haze particles include farming (ploughing in dry weather), traffic, industry, and wildfires.
The processes forming it, however, are usually different from those that form clouds. Like clouds, fog is made up of condensed water droplets which are the result of the air being cooled to the point (actually, the dewpoint) where it can no longer hold all of the water vapor it contains.