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Issue Brief

Healthcare at Home: A White Paper
April 2019 ∘ Issue Brief

A White Paper Supporting the Healthcare at Home Interactive Design Diagrams

 
Project Brief

State-of-the-Art Medical Center Provides Senior Services Designed to Accommodate an Aging Population
February 2017 ∘ Project Brief

Learn about: How UMCPP accommodates the unique needs of senior citizens through a special ED unit, design features that were included to help older patients and their families better navigate the space, and the hospital’s acute care for the elderly (ACE) unit, and why it is configured to transition senior ED patients for an inpatient stay in the most supportive environment.
Tool

Universal Design Strategies: Impact of Aging Considerations Checklist
November 2016 ∘ Tool

This tool is meant to support a universal design approach to environments for aging populations. 
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Issue Brief

Clean Hands Save Lives: A Systems Approach to Improving Hand Hygiene
April 2015 ∘ Issue Brief

As part of the infection prevention toolbox, in this issue brief you will learn about the importance of hand hygiene in improving safety, quality, and economic impact, a systems approach to hand hygiene that integrates environmental, operational, and personal factors for infection prevention, and new, effective, and easy-to-implement hand hygiene measures.
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Interview

Cleanliness: Time for a Change, an interview with Terry Thurston, RN, BSN, MBA and Gary Vance, FAIA, FACHA, LEED AP

January 2016 ∘ Interview

Learn about: the key cleanliness issues facing the healthcare industry today, the issues that drive patient perceptions about cleanliness, and the ways architects and designers can help improve perceptions of cleanliness.
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Interview

Cleanliness: Where Do We Go from Here? an interview with Roger Ulrich, PhD, EDAC
January 2016 ∘ Interview

Learn about: the importance of considering patients' perceptions of cleanliness, ways to look beyond patient perception of cleanliness to create a truly clean environment, and things architects and designers can do to help create clean spaces.