[Stacey Fitzgerald]

Hi Kristin,

Would the curtains impede access to the Clinical hand basin?
Appendix A in: Hospital acquired infections – Engineering down the risk, has some bed configurations but they are not to scale (not sure if you have had a look at this yet.

Good luck.

Kind regards,

Stacey
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Dear colleagues,
We are currently in the design phase of developing our new hospital. Health Infrastructure are pushing a design of a two bed toe to toe room with only 1388mm space between. This measurement does not take into account the curtains around both beds.
I have been searching through the literature for some evidence to support an IP&C argument reflecting the need for increasing the space between the two patient zones.
Health Infrastructure require concrete and not anecdotal evidence.

Does anyone know of any IP&C literature that states design schematics for room designs?
Kind regards
Kristin

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