Health Building Note 00-09: Infection control in the built environment

Document first published:: 26 March 2013
Page updated:: 30 January 2024
Topic:: Estates
Publication type:: Guidance

This document highlights the major infection prevention & control (IPC) issues and risks to address to achieve designed-in IPC.

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Health Building Note 00-09: Infection control in the built environment

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Summary

This building note details each stage of a project, from initial concept through to post-project evaluation, in relation to infection control. A building’s design can help infection prevention and control by providing an environment that is easy to clean and maintain. It is important that these features are designed into a project from the beginning.

Published 26 March 2013.