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Safety Webinar Day: Webinar 3 - The Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infections through the Built Environment: The Infection Prevention Prototype Patient Room


When: September 18, 2018
Time: 12:30pm Pacific
Price: $65 Individual View/$150 Group View
Registration was open until 9/18/2018 at 1pm, and is now closed.

1 unit EDAC continuing education
1 unit AIA continuing education

CEU forms available for download during webinar

CEUs


This webinar is free to our Affiliate+ members.

This webinar is one of three webinars that are part of Safety Webinar Day. 
To buy a pass to all three webinars, click here.

 

Come and learn the outcomes from a built prototype inpatient room at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, designed expressly for infection prevention. Review which strategies, materials, and technologies were deployed and learn the process for their selection, including the input from infection prevention officers. Attendees will view data on how the room, constructed and tested in the spring of 2017, is performing in terms of microbe suppression and ease of cleanability. See which interventions appear to be most successful and which strategies will be applied to the next version of the prototype. 

 

 

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the current threat of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and the challenges they pose to patient health.

  • Explore technologies, materials, and planning strategies for reducing occurrences of HAIs through design.

  • Identify material choices that perform best for cleanability, as tested within a prototype room.

  • Learn how infection prevention professionals analyze and substantiate the effectiveness of design interventions to improve infection prevention.

 

 

Presenting Faculty

Alyssa Rotman, Healthcare Designer, NBBJ Boston

Alyssa is passionate about creating spaces that support wellness by providing comfort, clarity, and personal connection.

Alyssa Rotman is an architectural designer with 10 years of experience in healthcare design. Her collaborative approach helps clients to create holistic healing environments that are both patient-centered and user-focused. Her belief is successful spaces are designed to be adaptable to evolving client needs and advances in patient care. Recent projects have included a renovation and expansion of the Brigham and Women’s Emergency Department, an inpatient unit at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and new pediatrics and urgent care centers for Steward Health Care System. Central to her efforts is her commitment to patient safety, and Alyssa continues to work closely with Infection Prevention officers through the design and construction process. Alyssa most recently collaborated with Partners HealthCare, Boston area Architects, and Infection Prevention officers in the “Infection Prevention Room” challenge and prototype design originally sponsored by HAIO.

 

 

 

 

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