Antimicrobials in Hospital Furnishings: Do They Help Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections?
2016
Health Care Without Harm
Report
Author(s): Schettler, T.
Added May 2016
The Efficacy of Visual Cues to Improve Hand Hygiene Compliance
2010
Simulation in Healthcare
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 5
Pages 325-331
Author(s): Nevo, Igal, Fitzpatrick, Maureen, Thomas, Ruth-Everett, Gluck, Paul A., Lenchus, Joshua D., Arheart, Kristopher L., Birnbach, David J.
Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) affect patients at hospitals and other facilities. Hand hygiene compliance (HHC) among healthcare workers is important and was called upon by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2009 for improvement and sustainability.
Added June 2016
Impact of new water systems on healthcare-associated colonization or infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa
2016
GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
Journal Article
Author(s): Lefebvre, A., Quantin, C., Vanhems, P., Lucet, J. C., Bertrand, X., Astruc, K., Chavanet, P., Aho-Glélé, L. S.
Added July 2016
Infection control: the environment and service organisation
2005
Nursing Standard (Royal College Of Nursing (Great Britain): 1987)
Journal Article
Issue 5
Volume 20
Pages 57
Author(s): Gould, Dinah J
Added October 2014
The impact of patient room design on airborne hospital-acquired infections
2017
Architectural Research Addressing Societal Challenges
Book Section
Author(s): Copeland, A., Sharag-Eldin, A.
Added March 2017
The Impact of the Environment on Infections in Healthcare Facilities
2006
The Center for Health Design
Report
Author(s): Joseph, A.
Added September 2014
Improved system and method for illumination and ventilation of an operating room
Author(s): Jacobs, V. A., Van Gaever, R., Hanselaer, P., Vanlanduit, S., Rombauts, P., Diltoer, M.
Added September 2017
Infection Control in the Outpatient Setting
2017
New Perspectives and Controversies in Infection Prevention
Book Section
Author(s): Markley, J. D., Stevens, M. P., Bearman, G., Munoz-Price, S., Morgan, D., Murthy, R.
Added September 2017
Antimicrobial textiles and infection prevention - Clothes and inanimate environment
2018
New Perspectives and Controversies in Infection Prevention
Book Section
Author(s): McQueen, R. H., Ehnes, B. L., Bearman, G., Munoz-Price, S., Morgan, D., Murthy, R.
Added September 2017
Comparative CFD Investigation of Upper Room UVGI Efficacy with Three Different Ventilation Systems
2018
International Journal of Applied Engineering Research
Journal Article
Issue 21
Volume 13
Pages 14897-14902
Author(s): Kanaan, M., Moughlbay, A. A.
Added November 2018
Elevator Buttons: An Unrealized Potential Health Hazard
2018
International Journal of Academic Health and Medical Research (IJAHMR)
Journal Article
Issue 5
Volume 2
Pages 1-6
Author(s): Kassir, R., Nawas, T.
Added January 2019
The potential risk of sick building syndrome of the emergency department areas in a medical center in Taiwan
2019
Health Technology
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 3
Pages 1-10
Author(s): Chen, P.-Y., Kung, L.-C., Tsai, W., Chien, D.-K., Chang, W.-H.
Added April 2019
Design and Simulation of Isolation Room for a Hospital
Author(s): Jacob, Simeon, Yadav, Siddharth Singh, Sikarwar, Basant Singh, Saha, Pankaj, Subbarao, P.M.V., Sikarwar, Basant Singh
Added May 2019
Using the health care physical environment to prevent and control infection: A Best Practice Guide to Help Health Care Organizations Create Safe, Healing Environments
2018
American Society for Healthcare Engineering/American Hospital Association
Report
Author(s): Martin, D., Dickey, L., Taylor, E., Conway, L., Myers, F., Bennett, D., Nichols, A., Wright,, P., The Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE)
Added June 2019
Pathways, practices and architectures: Containing anti-microbial resistance (AMR) in the cystic fibrosis clinic
2019
Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness, and Medicine
Journal Article
Author(s): Brown, N. G. F., Buse, C., Lewis, A., Martin, D., Nettleton, S. J.
Added July 2019
Evaluating architectural changes to alter pathogen dynamics in a dialysis unit
Author(s): Jang, H., Justice, S., Polgreen, P. M.
Added September 2019
The role of antimicrobial surfaces in hospitals to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)
2020
Decontamination in Hospitals and Healthcare
Book Section
Author(s): Schmidt, M. G., Walker, J.
Added December 2019
Severe acute respiratory infections treatment centre: Practical manual to set up and manage a SARI treatment centre and a SARI screening facility in health care facilities
2020
World Health Organization
Report
Author(s): WHO
Added April 2020
Air Care: an ‘aerography’ of breath, buildings and bugs in the cystic fibrosis clinic
2020
Sociology of Health and Illness
Journal Article
Issue 5
Volume 42
Pages 972-986
Author(s): Brown, N., Buse, C., Lewis, A., Martin, D., Nettleton, S.
Research in medical humanities works on hospital architecture demonstrates the historical significance of spatial design for airflow and air exchange from the pre-antibiotic period until the present. The spatial and atmospheric design of hospitals is conceived while paying attention to the prevention of the spread of airborne infections, e.g., cystic fibrosis (CF).
Added April 2020
Nurses’ perception of safety on hospital interior environments and infectious diseases: An exploratory study
2020
Global Journal on Quality and Safety in Healthcare
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 3
Pages 89–97
Author(s): Bae, S., Asojo, A. O.
Added May 2020
