Building Engineering for Infection Control
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The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) health system is among the nation’s top comprehensive academic health sciences centers. Infection and contamination control are critical to the hospital’s infrastructure to protect not only patients but also their providers during the delivery of care. Well-designed building engineering systems play a key role in ensuring air supply and circulation, pressurization, hazardous exhaust, and plumbing systems have all been optimized for comfort, health, and safety. MUSC worked with RMF Engineering on two recent renovation projects––the Ashley River Tower bone marrow transplant outpatient clinic and the Hollings Cancer Center chemo pharmacy––that both highlight best practices in infection and contamination control for today while preparing for the potential of tomorrow.
Upon completion of this course, the Learner should be able to:
- Describe the impact of colocating inpatient and outpatient care on the associated risks for infection and contamination and the challenges with their control.
- Design cascading levels of protective air pressure relationships between individual patient rooms, treatment spaces, and the greater hospital population for maximum pathogen isolation.
- Engineer environments for hazardous drug preparation with air supply and circulation systems that consider health and comfort equally.
- Apply lessons learned on future healthcare renovation or development projects for greater control and adaptability.
Approximately 1 hour. Delivered online, at your own pace.
Presented by Becky Smith, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, NCARB, Vice President on behalf of Medical Construction & Design. View the Privacy Policy .
Presenter Information
Name: Becky Smith, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, NCARB, Vice President
Title: Principal and Director of Medical Planning at LS3P, Medical Construction & Design
Background:
Becky Smith brings more than 34 years of diverse architectural experience to LS3P. Primarily focused on medical design, she is highly skilled in project planning, programming, and all other facets of healthcare design. She has been involved with the design of facilities for hospitals, research laboratories, medical office buildings, and ambulatory care facilities. Additionally, she has assisted several healthcare institutions in Certificate of Need planning work. In the higher education field, Becky has worked with over 20 colleges and universities designing simulation labs for nursing and health sciences programs. She has been with LS3P over 25 years and has served in various project roles, from project manager to healthcare planner to construction administrator or team member.
Becky serves as a firmwide resource for her abilities in the programming and planning phases of healthcare projects and continues project involvement during the completion of the work. She and her staff are researching the trends in ambulatory care and exploring concepts to promote efficient operations to aid our clients in facing the challenges of balancing the ever-changing economics of healthcare and the desire to provide the best care possible for patients and their families. Becky’s energetic personality and passion for healthcare design is evident in every project with which she is associated. Her talents do not go unrecognized by our clients.
