Question

1. Recommendations for designing new intensive care units include locating the unit near the operating theater and emergency department, but away from the main hospital wards. Why?

2. In the UPMC fungal infection outbreak, a pediatric hospital was being constructed next door to the building where the infections took place. Why is this fact important?

3. Isolation rooms are often built with glass walls. What possible advantage does this provide?

Answer 1

1. Separation of critical areas especially ICU from general hospital ward us because of avoiding traffic and avoidance of air movement from areas like laboratories and infectious diseases wards towards critical areas.

2. Hospital staff do everything they can to prevent fungal infections. Despite this, outbreaks of aspergillosis have happened among very sick patients staying at hospitals where there is ongoing construction or renovation. 5 This is thought to be because construction stirs up the amount of fungal spores in the air.

3. This helps to be kept away, or isolated, from other patients while you receive medical care. Patient will not get any infection from other and other fact feon this patient no infection spread to out.