From Industry to Culture: Leftovers, Time and Material Transformation in Four Contemporary Museums

Architecture Journal: Contemporary western cities are, to differing degrees, populated by derelict, dirty and toxic architecture resulting from prior manufacturing activities. Leftover places of industrial production have often been transformed into…

Hospital Delivery Rooms Isolation of Potential Pathogenic Bacteria from the Air

This study aimed to investigate the hygienic conditions of the air at delivery and nursing rooms at some hospital located in Kartoum district Sudan. Bacterial infections still play considerable role in diseases in Sudan. Air is not a suitable medium…

Materials Management in Health Care Magazine

…stems, state and federal regulatory developments, medical technology, total quality management and other topics pertinent to delivery of top-quality patient care. …

How to Reduce Exposure Risk in the Operating Room

…ure (CINAHL) database and the Highwire Press database of peer-reviewed scientific journals using keywords such as “operating room,” “prevent,” “protect,” “HIV,” “sharps injuries,” as well as categories such as “occupational exposure prevention and co…

Health Care Operating Rooms Evaluation as Wet/Dry Locations

A key area of debate in the most recent revision cycle of NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities has been the topic of electrical environments in hospital operating rooms and whether they need to be classified as a wet location or dry location. This study …

Hospital Operating Room Planning : analyzing strategies and problem settings

Operating room planning is a complex task which has to consider many aspects such as surgeon scheduling, operating team scheduling (included anaesthetic personnel), patient related information, (i.e. estimated operating time, priority and diagnosis)…

Hybrid Operating Room Design and Implementation

The design and implementation of hybrid operating rooms is a complex multidisciplinary process. The significant investment in these operating suites requires productive and efficient utilization. The advantages of these suites for the vascular surge…

Focus - Free Renewable Energy Magazine Subscription

Focus magazine is a free magazine that will give you much information regarding renewable energy resource such as solar energy (PV, thermal and thermal electric), solar architecture design, green building, wind energy design for offshore and on shor…

Health Facilities Management Magazine

Health Facilities Management brings the most comprehensive coverage of the unique challenges facing health facility design/architecture, construction and operations communities. The update trends in hospital construction and renovations, illustratin…

Health Facilities Management Magazine

Unique challenges for health facilities design/architecture, construction and operations communities are exclusively devoted by Health Facilities Management. Health Facilities Management keeps the readers updated on the latest industry changes throu…