Publisher: The Center for Health Design
Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
With the patient experience and patient safety as the central theme of every chapter, industry icon Jain Malkin covers everything you need to know about hospital-acquired infections: the characteristics of pathogens, how infections are spread, regulatory requirements, the controversy about antimicrobials, and the implications for design professionals.
In this must-have resource you'll find:
- Extensive research combined with dozens of case studies
- The best practices available today in patient-centered projects
- More than 300 full-color annotated project photographs and architectural plans
- A step-by-step guide to creating a research agenda
Chapter 1 is available for download.