Health.Care | An Educational Blog

The Role of the Industrial Hygienist in Healthcare

Construction, Renovation, and Infection Prevention

CDC's Latest Report: The Top Resistant Pathogens of Concern Spread on Surfaces

Professional Profile: Megan Kalina, EDAC, CID, LEED AP

Anatomy of an Overbed Table

Who obsesses over the safety of a community's environment? Who knows all the building codes, chemical exposure limits, and fire retardant additives...

So much of the success of infection control and prevention teams is the establishment of routines that promote best practices: Easy-to-access hand...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a report addressing the impact COVID-19 has had on antimicrobial resistance....

In a previous posts, we explored the idea of evidence-based design, the place where science and aesthetics join forces to help patients and...

Overbed tables are essential in patient rooms. They serve as a surface for food trays, and can hold personal items such as phones, computers, or...

Among the many lessons we all learned from the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic was that our nation's long-term care facilities struggle to protect...

Motivated by reason, civil duty, and patriotism, representatives from the Colonies gathered in Philadelphia to put their names on an historic...

Our efforts to reduce hospital acquired infections (HAIs) may have hit a challenging conundrum. On the one hand, we know that handwashing is...

Read any hospital design article or walk the floors of any healthcare trade show and you will see these three words: "Easy to Clean." With the...

Physicians and other healthcare workers take an oath - whether literally or simply by taking up a profession in medicine - to "first, do no harm" to...

Evidence-based design became a focus of study in the 1980s. This movement paired design choices with structured, formal scientific research. Rather...

In last week's post, we explored the overlap between architectural principles in the AIA's Framework for Design Excellence. Today, we will look at...

Health.Care | An Educational Blog

The Role of the Industrial Hygienist in Healthcare

Construction, Renovation, and Infection Prevention

CDC's Latest Report: The Top Resistant Pathogens of Concern Spread on Surfaces

Professional Profile: Megan Kalina, EDAC, CID, LEED AP

Anatomy of an Overbed Table

The Role of the Industrial Hygienist in Healthcare

Construction, Renovation, and Infection Prevention

CDC's Latest Report: The Top Resistant Pathogens of Concern Spread on Surfaces

Professional Profile: Megan Kalina, EDAC, CID, LEED AP

Anatomy of an Overbed Table

CBIC Introduces New IP Certification for Long-Term Facilities

4 for the 4th: Four Doctors Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

5 Design Updates to Make Sinks Safer

What is "Easy to Clean"?

Healthcare Buildings that Do No Harm

Hospitals and Evidence-Based Design Part 3: Today's New Hospitals

How Architecture Standards Align with Infection Control: Part 2