HB 260:2003
$27.30
Hospital acquired infections – Engineering down the risk
Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
AS | 2003-03-20 | 44 |
Provides guidelines for persons, including engineers, architects, building contractors, project managers and health care workers, involved in the building design phase of new buildings for hospitals, or of buildings undergoing refurbishment or renovations in hospitals, to minimize the risk of acquiring infections in hospitals. Facilities for acute medical, surgical, paediatric and obstetric patients are covered in this handbook, but not psychiatric and long-term aged facilities, nor rehabilitation day care facilities.
Scope
This Handbook provides guidelines for persons, including engineers, architects, building contractors, project managers and health care workers, involved in the building design phase of new buildings for hospitals or of buildings undergoing refurbishment or renovations in hospitals, to minimize the risk of acquiring infections in hospitals.
Facilities for acute medical, surgical, paediatric and obstetric patients are covered in this handbook, but not psychiatric and long-term aged facilities, nor rehabilitation day care facilities.