Summary
Guidance on planning and designing in-patient facilities for adults, which includes:
- bedrooms and bathrooms
- patient support areas
- storage areas
- utility areas
- staff and administration areas
Supplement 1 describes how to provide separate bedrooms and bathrooms to isolate infectious patients.
Published 1 December 2009.
Summary
Guidance for acute settings on the design of special ventilated isolation facilities in which the movement of air within the isolation facility will control the ingress and/or egress of airborne harmful pathogens and contaminants.
Published 1 December 2009 and updated July 2024.
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