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Contents
– GREEN –
Changing
the Game
Embracing a broader
approach to sustainability.
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– PRODUCTS –
Breathing
Room
Mitsubishi Electric VRF
system optimizes comfort,
healing at Choctaw
General Hospital. 53
– SPOTLIGHT –
Creature Comforts
Furniture & Casework: Today's
trends in healthcare furniture and
casework blend comfort, style and
function for a diverse range of
patient and visitor populations. 20
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DEPARTMENTS
Infection Control
25 Future Focused
Controlling long-term costs of infection
control. Integrated building systems,
maintenance programs and technologies
can enhance a hospital's ability
to control infection.
27 Clean Design
Taking the long, whole view. Whether it
is as basic as providing suf cient numbers
of well-located sinks or as complex as
accommodating a biocontainment unit,
infection prevention has space implications.
30 Biocontainment
Patient Care Units
An overview of critical design
considerations that facilitate ef ciency,
safety and patient-centered care.
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ISSUE FOCUS
The main entrance to the Nebraska Medical
Center's University Hospital BPCU is
secured and airlocked. The second door
will not open until the fi rst has been shut.
New Products 54
Spotlight Products 22