Focus: Infection Control
Hospital design allows connection while maintaining USP 800 compliance
Required air pressure demands can isolate staff, but Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare maintains connections with large windows coupled with an intercom system, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
St. Paul, Minn.'s Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare's design allows both visual and verbal connection while maintaining USP 800 compliance with large windows coupled with an intercom system to facilitate staff communication, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
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September 12, 2019
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Architecture
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