Nursing responsibilities have changed dramatically over the past decades. While some non-medical tasks have been shifted to other workers, additional...
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital isolation room designs made headlines. Retrofitting of regular hospital units and emergency construction of...
Anyone familiar with hospitals knows that design impacts operations. How people - both healthcare workers and patients - move through the space...
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...
As the role of infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals continues to evolve, the Advanced Leadership Certification in Infection...
Each year, thousands of buildings, including many healthcare facilities, are entered into architecture award programs, hoping to be recognized as the...
Surface disinfection has become the new normal. Today's post takes the concept of a high school geometry proof to connect contaminated environments...
Today's hospital beds are a product of 1800s innovation, steadily improving with each decade's advancements in health care, engineering, and...
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DNV GL Certification in Infection Prevention: Mitigating Risk on the High Seas and in Hospitals
There are many ways a hospital can be assured that it is performing well. They can conduct internal assessments of patient outcomes, look at patient...
Mental health facilities, including behavioral health and addiction treatment centers, present unique challenges to infection control. While most...
When we think about hospital-associated infections (HAIs), we often focus on the pathogens themselves, such as the many strains of bacteria that can...
No one wants to stay in a hospital any longer than they have to. We all have an innate desire to get back to the comfort of our homes and begin the...