Design of the environment of care for safety of patients and personnel: Does form follow function or vice versa in the intensive care unit?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Bartley, Judene ^a   Streifel, Andrew J ^b  

^a Premier Safety Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

intensive care unit design; nosocomial infection; patient safety; water quality

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; COST OF ILLNESS; DIALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUSARIUM; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGIONELLA; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SANITATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77954893553     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181e6d0c1     Document Type: Article

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