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In this video a clean storage room is closely examined. Can you identify the infection control, life safety, and environment of care issues?

In this video a nurse's station is very active during a typical day. Can you identify the infection control, life safety, and environment of care issues?

In this video an environmental services employee accesses his cart and proceeds to clean the patient corridor. Can you identify the infection control, life safety, and environment of care issues?

In this video a nurse enters a patient's room to check on the patient during typical rounding. Can you identify the infection control, life safety, and environment of care issues?

USP compliance is essential for health care facilities. Protect workers and patients by following guidelines for handling hazardous drugs.

Although the primary role of hospital engineering and maintenance staff is to service and maintain the building and equipment, it also plays an important role in preventing infections and other safety issues. By being constantly aware of their surroundings and watching for issues that can increase the risk of infection and other dangers, facility professionals can do even more to improve the safety of their buildings. This checklist provides a guide they can use as they walk through their facilities.

First significant benchmarking effort in health care facility management operations based on information collected by IFMA and ASHEDOWNLOAD NOW 

Speakers: Tim Adams, Sue Andersen, Kathy Tolomeo, David M. Sine and Kathryn PetrovicThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as well as the Joint Commission and other accrediting organizations are placing an increased emphasis on assessing risks and providing a physical environment consistent with the identified risks. This session focuses on the process of risk assessment and mitigation of behavioral health patient safety physical risks. 

Using the Health Care Physical Environment to Prevent and Control Infection: A Best Practice Guide to Help Health Care Organizations Create Safe, Healing Environments

Speaker: Tatiana GuimaraesLearn how to identify the urgent need to challenge existing design practices and how designers accommodate this continuous change through flexibility and vision. This presentation highlights four different case studies that defy the current surgery design model. 

Speakers: Erica Larson and John RyanLearn about the significant need for mental health services and facilities, the hurdles of navigating a specific legislative process, and the shifts in design for today’s non-institutionalized psychiatric settings. 

The purpose of the AIA/AAH PDC Planning + Design Student Challenge is to produce a compelling design-to-budget proposal with teammates drawn from a hat. This roundtable discussion with student faculty advisors covers team development and collaboration, and the issues and lessons addressed are not unlike those encountered by teams in real life. 

Speakers: Cathleen Lange, Paula Wright, Teresa Wilson, Shawn Seaman, and Alison FaecherDiscover the story, process, and solutions architects and health care leaders take to eliminate health care-associated infections.  

 

Speakers: Tim Peglow, Pamela Redden, Richard Rucksdashel, Jayson CasalloThis presentation addresses the facility implications in planning for infection transmission prevention, recommendations for developing an infection prevention team, and insights from project leaders. 

This checklist can be used to gather data on requirements of new health care construction and major renovation projects.

Many health care facilities need greater investment to improve the country's health care infrastructure. This monograph outlines the state of health care facilities and explores potential areas for investment.

Speakers: Tony Groh, Alexa Braun and Nina Wollman

Speakers: Kathy Bell, Stephen J. Carbery, Terri Frink and Mary O'Connor