“From an environmental hygiene perspective, a patient room is the environmental services (EVS) worker’s patient,” says Ruth ...

Air is the primary carrier of heat, moisture, contaminants, and airborne pathogens in patient rooms, isolation rooms, and operating rooms. Temperature levels and contaminant concentrations in patient ...

They can stand from a wheelchair. In the training room, they can walk a few steps with a walker. Yet, during a toilet ...

Active chilled beams systems employ hydronic sensible cooling with low fan power, which makes them potentially more energy-efficient than the traditional air-based HVAC systems. Revision to ...

Wide, sliding-glass doors make it easy for care providers to see patients from the hallway and allow easy access for medical teams moving equipment in and out of the room. (IBJ photo/Chad Williams) ...

Amanda Noth-Matchett, chief nursing officer for the adult academic health center at IU Health, says room design was planned with the goal to “support patient care for the next 100 years.” (IBJ ...