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Norovirus Reigns as Biggest Cause of Hospital Infections

February 16, 2012    
According to a recent study, the pathogen that often causes food poisoning and gastroenteritis was one of four organisms responsible for 60% of outbreaks at 822 hospitals surveyed. Read on for more.
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Healthcare Construction Projects Require Thorough Risk Assessment

June 9, 2011     Ricky Touchstone
Case study: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s operating room instrumental processing units replacement project
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Eleven Things Every Administrator Should Know to Protect Patients During Construction

April 30, 2011     Tom Petersen
When a hospital contemplates renovation, administrators must consider several things, including budget, timeline, and employee logistics; but the
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Cabling and wiring systems

April 30, 2011     Richard L. Peck, Contributing Editor and Barbara Horwitz-Bennett, Contributing Editor
If this truly is the Age of Communications, no institution knows it better than the modern healthcare facility. On top of the traditional intense
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Eleven Things Every Administrator Should Know to Protect Patients During Construction-Part 1

April 11, 2011     Tom Petersen
When a hospital contemplates renovation, administrators must consider several things, including budget, timeline, and employee logistics; but the
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New rural surgery center is designed to support inpatient and outpatient care

March 1, 2011     Sara Malin, AIA
The goal was to provide the convenience of an ambulatory surgery center and the safety and security of an inpatient surgery department.
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Build It Right: The owner, maintenance perspective on life safety

November 9, 2010     Richard L. Peck, Contributing Editor
Issues of life safety, including fire management, infection control, and other “defend in place” protocols.
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Staying Up-To-Date on Life Safety

October 31, 2010     Richard L. Peck and Shannon Powers-Jones, Contributing Editors
Healthcare designers have become accustomed to viewing facility planning and fit-out as a moving target, as healthcare technology and its space and
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Construction Innovations Impact the Success of Kettering Heart Hospital

October 31, 2010     Jim Danis
The Kettering Heart Hospital opened its doors just 24 months after breaking ground.
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Integrating Technology and Sustainability: A Win for El Camino Hospital, Patients and Staff

June 30, 2010     Jon Inman
El Camino Hospital, northeast view There's a reason that the 450,000-square-foot El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, California, has been called
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