The role of facility design in preventing the transmission of healthcare-associated infections: Background and conceptual framework

Health Environments Research and Design Journal

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 18-30

  Zimring, Craig ^a   Jacob, Jesse T ^b   Denham, Megan E ^a   Kamerow, Douglas B ^c   Hall, Kendall K ^d   Cowan, David Z ^a   Kasali, Altug ^a   Lenfestey, Nancy F ^c   Do, Ellen ^e   Steinberg, James P ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^e Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Design; Healthcare associated infection; Hospital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897728258     PISSN: 19375867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193758671300701s04     Document Type: Article

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