Clinical Lab Design

Clinical Lab Design Trends - New Article to be Published

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of an article on current clinical lab design trends. Topics discussed include:

-Advantages of open lab layouts.
-The importance of flexibility in lab design.
-The importance of designing for future increased capacity.
-Cost/benefit analysis of laboratory automation.
-Selecting between total lab automation (TLA) and modular automation.
-Consolidating processes and services through automation.
-Customizing services using automated modules.
-Examples of specific automated products available today.
-The need for electromagnetic interference studies prior to automation.
-The use of a separate automated track for STAT samples.
-The best layout for an automated lab.
-The fundamental goals of Lean.
-How to apply lean to the clinical laboratory environment.
-Types of analyses needed for a pre-design Lean study.
-Examples of Lean-based design ideas.
-Optimal organization of an individual workcell according to Lean.
-The competitive advantage offered by Lean.

For Lab Design see, http://bernarch.com/laboratory-design/

© 2010 by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Manu Venkat. Mr. Bernstein is a principal of Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com), a healthcare and laboratory architecture firm founded in 2000, with offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles. The firm is known for innovative hospital planning and design, including innovative laboratory planning and design. Mr. Bernstein is also the president of Empire Projects, Inc. (www.empireprojects.com, a healthcare project management firm) and Equipment Planning, Inc. (www.equipmentplanning.org, healthcare and lab equipment planning). Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hospitals.

For more information about lab design, lab planning, lab architecture, and lab interior design, please contact:

New York (Headquarters)
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 59 West 19th St, New York, NY 10011 T: 212-463-8200 F: 212-463-9898 Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103 T: 860-616-2200 F: 860-616-0018 Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 T: 609-309-7005 F: 609-309-7006 Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 1405 Woodruff Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90024 T: 213-330-0340 F: 213-330-0450 Email: info@bernarch.com