Safety by Design

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Green Cleaning in Healthcare

February 7, 2012     Xiaobo Quan, PhD, EDAC; Anjali Joseph, PhD, EDAC; and Matthew Jelen, EDAC
The Center for Health Design engaged with Health Care Without Harm and the Healthier Hospitals Initiative to launch a Pebble research project through which interviews with five major hospitals across the country were conducted to examine their green cleaning programs.
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Another Infection Control Headache?

January 26, 2012     Todd Hutlock, Editor-in-Chief
Are water features in healthcare facilities more trouble than we thought?
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Designing for Patient Safety

January 25, 2012     Anjali Joseph, PhD, EDAC, Ellen Taylor, and Xiaobo Quan, PhD, EDAC
Findings from a national seminar are presented in January's CHD Research Report.
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Designing for Safety

November 18, 2011     Catherine Gow, AIA
The next generation of patient rooms.
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HCD.11 Session Review: Exam Room Reexamined--Designing Efficiency into the Pediatric Healing Environment

November 14, 2011     Shandi Matambanadzo, Associate Editor
At HCD.11 Travis Leissner, AIA, director, KMD Architects, and Kaye Schmidt, RN, MA, CPON, NEA-BC, senior director, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, spoke about how incorporating staff and family input delivered an efficient redesigned patient exam room.
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Session Preview: Accelerated Construction of a State-of-the-Art A&E Unit in South Africa

November 13, 2011     Shandi Matambanadzo, Associate Editor
On Monday, November 14, at 9 a.m. in Bayou E, Bryan Brinkman of B4 Architects will be presenting a session on how the project team of Brinkman Ndayi McAll succeeded in accelerating a construction program from eighteen months to twelve-and-one-half, while maintaining the required high standards. He gives a short preview of his presentation at HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.
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Five Need-to-Know Trends Shaping Healthcare Design

July 22, 2011     Karen Edmundson
Ideas to help healthcare facilities create more responsive and needs-specific environments. Read this article and complete a series of questions to be eligible for IIDA CEUs.
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Infection Control by Design in the Surgical Environment

July 7, 2011     Tom Harvey
A look at the suggested workflow practices and design concepts for contemporary invasive environments for patient care.
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Assessing Design Choices in Pediatric Units

June 13, 2011     Christine Guzzo Vickery
Six design considerations that define a well-planned pediatric unit.
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HKS: Blurring the Lines between Patient Safety and Satisfaction

May 2, 2011    
Infection control is one of the biggest hot topics in healthcare today. Much of this may be attributed to growing MRSA outbreaks in America and other
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