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Clean design: Keeping patient protection in mind
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When a patient develops a health care-associated
infection (HAI), it is
often difficult to determine where it originated. It could be from
ambient air, countertops, water faucets, privacy curtains, bed rails,
direct hand contact or any combination of these. This has elevated the
importance of the design professional's role in mitigating these events
through material specification, planning and engineering. In fact, the
interior designer often is required to navigate between departments
such as environmental services and infection control to
help determine
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VA announces $41 million
in construction contracts for San Antonio
Medical Design & Construction
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the award of two contracts totaling $41.5 million to create a "polytrauma center" that cares for the most severely injured Veterans and to improve the
existing wards at the Audie L. Murphy VA Medical Center. "A top priority for VA is providing greater access to VA's health care system and higher quality of care for the nation's Veterans," Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki said. "America's Veterans have earned the very best that this nation as to offer."
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Hospital design promotes better healing
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People go to the doctor to get better, but sometimes patients get new infections when they step inside a hospital. One hospital is trying to improve health by design. Caitlan Carroll reports.
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SaniGLAZE returns old, contaminated tile and grout to a "like new" appearance and prevents the problems from returning. Visit www.saniglaze.com or call 866-584-0949. MORE |
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Proceed with caution: Lean year expected for hospital construction
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Health care facility construction has a long history of remaining steady through economic slowdowns. Not this time, though. A triple whammy of the recession, credit crisis and concerns about the
impact of landmark health care legislation muffled the industry's nearly decade-long building boom in 2009, and no turnaround is imminent.
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Getting hospitalized should be like flying first-class
Fast Company
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PriestmanGoode, a London design
house, has worked on everything from cell phones to speakers to first-class cabins for Swiss Airlines. But Britain's Design Council, hoping to see what serious design thinking might produce, asked them to work on something completely different: Hospital Wards.
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Piedmont Newnan Hospital project ready to begin
Medical Design & Construction
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The project to build what will be the
tallest building in southwest metro Atlanta was delayed more than a year ago in the middle of the recession. But Piedmont Newnan Hospital is back, with start-up on the new Poplar Road facility near I-85 set to begin immediately. The first phase of the hospital is projected to open in early 2012.
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Cook County may rescue old Beaux-Arts hospital
The Chicago Tribune
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There are medical miracles and there are architectural miracles. Seven years ago, one of Chicago's great historic buildings, the old Cook County Hospital, had a near-death experience. On Tuesday, the Cook County Board is expected to vote on a carefully considered, economically sensible plan to resuscitate it.
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Does health care need a shot of design thinking?
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Watching the U.S. health care forum reinforced the scale of the problem surrounding the current system. U.K. design firm Priestmangoode has begun issuing a series of manifestos examining the way design thinking could be employed to improve products and services. Their first, right on que, is dedicated to health service.
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Southeast Missouri Hospital's Regional Cancer Center offers excellent care
Southeast Missourian
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Architect's rendering of the front exterior of Southeast Missouri Hospital's new Regional Cancer Center, set to open December 2010. Southeast Missouri Hospital's new Regional Cancer
Center will be the first of its kind in the region, offering world-class cancer treatments in a patient-centered environment.
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Healthcare Flat Screen TV for less than $400
and a modular
DVD player too! You say too good to be true ... Check out our entire line of PDI Modular Healthcare TVs. They range from 19" to 40" with modular DVD players and Computers.
D&L Communication Systems, Inc is a nationwide Distributor and Installer of Healthcare Video and Communication products. more
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Lourdes Hospital construction continues
WBNG
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A new piece of
high tech gear will allow a local hospital to help more patients. This High-Field Open MRI was lowered into Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton, N.Y. The machine has a 33,000 pound magnet inside, which can scan for patients that weigh up to 660 pounds.
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Wheeling Hospital begins building 7-story tower
West Virginia Gazette
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Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling, W.V., says it has started construction of a $50 million, seven-story tower. Chief Executive Ronald Violi says the new tower will accommodate growth and attract more professionals with narrow specialties, which will allow residents to stay in the region for treatment. The tower is expected to house a new emergency department, intensive care and cardiovascular intensive care units and the pediatrics center, among other things.
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Custom air handling systems are the core of the healthcare facility HVAC system, and ClimateCraft leads the way in high performance design. ClimateCraft's FanMatrix(tm) fan array system, full thermal break construction, innovative cabinet design and computer aided design assistance will help take your facility to a new level of performance.
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Nala™ patient chairs by Brandrud,
a Herman Miller company, dramatically improve a patient's healthcare experience. Incorporating ergonomic principles and innovative technologies from groundbreaking Herman Miller work chairs, Nala chairs deliver superior comfort and support. Fabric choices also bring a contemporary, residential look and feel to patient rooms. More.
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BeaconMedaes proudly introduces the next generation Scroll medical air package.
Design enhancements improve overall system efficiency and serviceability, coupled with the state of the
art TotalAlert Embedded control system, this new Scroll medical air package is in a class of its own.
To learn more, please go to www.beaconmedaes.com
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