Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that the principal of the firm will be featured in an upcoming article on behavioral healthcare design in the journal Behavioral Healthcare Executive.
The consulting work was well received by our hospital client.
Design of behavioral healthcare space is a specialty of both Bernstein & Associates Architects (http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-behavioral-health/) and the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group (http://bharchgroup.com/). Recent behavioral healthcare design publications featuring these two firms include:
An article in Health Facilities Management entitled "Behavioral health design regulations - Codes, Guidelines and Resources that Promote Best Practices"
(http://www.hfmmagazine.com/display/HFM-news-article.dhtmldcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HFM/Magazine/2015/Jan/compliance-design-guidelines-behavioral-health)
A cover article in Health Facilities Management entitled "Building Better Behavioral Health Care Facilities - New Designs for Behavioral Health Care Facilities have Become an Integral Part of the Patient Experience"
(http://www.hfmmagazine.com/display/HFM-news-article.dhtml?dcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HFM/Magazine/2015/Jun/behavioral-health-care-open-design)
About Healthcare Architect Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Healthcare architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com) is known for innovative healthcare planning, healthcare design, healthcare architecture, and healthcare interior design.
Additional ways to follow the firm's Healthcare design philosophy and healthcare design news, is through the firm’s healthcare design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com, as well as the firm’s healthcare design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/Hospitals,
https://www.facebook.com/bernsteinarchitects/, and https://www.linkedin.com/company/bernstein-&-associates-architects.
For more information about healthcare planning, healthcare architecture, healthcare equipment planning, and healthcare interior design, please contact:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
122 E 42nd St, - 17th Floor, New York, NY 10168
Tel: 212-463-8200
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com
New York – Hartford – Charlottesville - Los Angeles
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Sunday, July 9, 2017
Friday, November 4, 2016
Design of USP 800 Compliant Pharmacies - New Article Published
A new article on creating a USP 800 compliant pharmacy, by William N. Bernstein, AIA, has just been published in Health Facilities Management.
Entitled “USP 800 Brings New Regulations to Hospital Pharmacies”, the article is a comprehensive guide to designing clean room environments for sterile compounding and non-sterile compounding in accordance with the new USP 800 guidelines.
The full pharmacy design article can be found at
http://www.hfmmagazine.com/articles/2526-handling-hazardous-drugs-in-health-care
Below are some of the topics covered in this USP 800 article:
• History of USP 800
• Deadline for compliance with USP 800
• Relationship of USP 797 and USP 800
• Changes in guidelines on sterile compounding of hazardous drugs relative to previous guidelines in USP 797
• What does USP 800 mean when it refers to “hazardous drugs”
• Latest list of USP 800 hazardous drugs
• Frequency of review of list of USP 800 hazardous drugs
• Introducing new hazardous drugs in a USP 800 compliant facility
• Exceptions to list of USP 800 hazardous drugs
• Discussion of investigational drugs in USP 800 guideline
• Under what circumstances do hazardous drugs fall outside of USP 800 guidelines
• Discussion of “assessment of risk” in USP 800 guidelines
• Areas governed by USP 800
• How does USP 800 address storage of hazardous drugs
• How does USP 800 address compounding of hazardous drugs
• When is a negative pressure room required under USP 800
• How many air changes does USP 800 require
• What additional space does USP 800 require
• How does USP 800 address refrigeration of hazardous drugs
• Locations of refrigerated storage of hazardous drugs in USP 800
• Location of exhaust relative to refrigerator in USP 800
• Discussion of details of storage room shelving in USP 800
• Seismic considerations discussed in USP 800
• Discussion of which drugs go into the USP 800 storage room
• Storage of sterile and non-sterile hazardous drugs in USP 800
• Under what circumstances can sterile and non-sterile drugs be stored in the same room in USP 800
• Discussion of compounding vs. fixed formulations in USP 800
• Types of controls related to the compounding process in USP 800
• C-PEC in USP 800
• C-SEC in USP 800
• Closed-system, drug transfer device in USP 800
• When is an ISO-5 environment required in USP 800
• When is an ISO-7 environment required in USP 800
• When is a negative-pressure room required in USP 800
• USP 800 discussion of loss of power
• USP 800 discussion of emergency power
• Discussion of worker safety in USP 800
• Types of Biosafety Cabinets discussed in USP 800
• USP 800 eliminates available options that existed in USP 797
• USP 800 discussion of signage
• Location of spaces discussed in USP 800
• Receipt and unpacking of hazardous drugs as discussed in USP 800
• Water column measurements in USP 800
• What has to be externally vented in a USP 800 compliant pharmacy
• Air exchange rate requirements in USP 800
• USP 800 discussion of maintaining power to ventilation systems in a power outage
• Different USP 800 requirements for sterile compounding vs. non-sterile compounding
• Definition of non-sterile compounding in USP 800
• Definition of sterile compounding in USP 800
• Under what circumstances does USP 800 permit both sterile and nonsterile compounding in the same room
• Under what circumstances does USP 800 permit sterile compounding in a non-ISO space
• USP 800 discussion of segregated compounding area (C-SCA).
• USP 800 requirements for non-sterile compounding
• Carry-over of certain requirements from USP 797 in terms of cleanroom design in USP 800
• Discussion of USP 795, Pharmaceutical Compounding — Nonsterile Preparations, in USP 800
• Under what circumstances does USP 800 permit sterile and nonsterile compounding in the same room
• Relationship of storage and compounding spaces in USP 800
Author of this USP 800 article is William N. Bernstein, LEED AP, AIA, the principal of Bernstein & Associates Architects. His firm has been at the forefront of designing USP 797 and USP 800 compliant pharmacies across the US. He can be reached at info@bernarch.com.
Pharmacy design projects by Bernstein & Associates, Architects are featured on:
- www.bernarch.com/healthcare-design-pharmacy/ (Pharmacy Design by Bernstein & Assoc., Architects)
- www.twitter.com/pharmacydesign (Pharmacy Design on Twitter)
- www.pharmacydesign.org (the Pharmacy Design website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/pharmacy-design (Pharmacy Design on LinkedIn)
- https://www.facebook.com/pharmacydesigns/ (Pharmacy Design on Facebook)
- www.usp797.org (USP 797 news, USP 797 education, and USP 797 vendors)
- www.usp800.guru (USP 800 news, USP 800 education, and USP 800 vendors)
Follow Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Pharmacy Architecture and Design: http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-pharmacy/
USP 797 Architecture and Design: http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-usp-797-compliant-pharmacy-design-and-consulting/
USP 800 Architecture and Design: http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-usp-800-compliant-pharmacy-design-and-consulting/
Bernstein & Associates, Architects on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bernsteinarch
Bernstein & Associates, Architects on Blogger: http://bernarch.blogspot.com/
Bernstein & Associates, Architects on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bernstein-&-associates-architects
Bernstein & Associates, Architects on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bernsteinarchitects/
Follow Empire Projects, Inc.:
Healthcare project management services, see: http://empireprojects.com/healthcare-project-management/
Hospital project management services, see: http://empireprojects.com/healthcare-project-management-hospitals/
Empire Projects, Inc. on Twitter: https://twitter.com/empireprojects
Empire Projects, Inc.on Blogger: http://empireprojects.blogspot.com/
Empire Projects, Inc. on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/empire-projects-inc.
Empire Projects, Inc. on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/empireprojectsusa/
Follow USP.org:
USP.org on Twitter: https://twitter.com/uspharmacopeia
USP.org Blog: http://qualitymatters.usp.org/
USP.org on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uspharmacopeia
USP.org on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USPharmacopeia
Follow USP800.guru:
USP800.guru on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/usp800
USP800.org on Blogger: http://usp800.blogspot.com/
USP800.org on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usp800-guru
USP800.org on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USP800
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USP797.org on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/usp797
USP797.org on Blogger: http://usp797org.blogspot.com/
USP797.org on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usp797-org-inc-
USP797.org on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usp797
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PharmacyDesign.org on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pharmacydesign
PharmacyDesign.org on Blogger: http://pharmacydesigns.blogspot.com/
PharmacyDesign.org on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pharmacy-design
PharmacyDesign.org on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pharmacydesigns/
Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
1201 Broadway - #803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com
Entitled “USP 800 Brings New Regulations to Hospital Pharmacies”, the article is a comprehensive guide to designing clean room environments for sterile compounding and non-sterile compounding in accordance with the new USP 800 guidelines.
The full pharmacy design article can be found at
http://www.hfmmagazine.com/articles/2526-handling-hazardous-drugs-in-health-care
Below are some of the topics covered in this USP 800 article:
• History of USP 800
• Deadline for compliance with USP 800
• Relationship of USP 797 and USP 800
• Changes in guidelines on sterile compounding of hazardous drugs relative to previous guidelines in USP 797
• What does USP 800 mean when it refers to “hazardous drugs”
• Latest list of USP 800 hazardous drugs
• Frequency of review of list of USP 800 hazardous drugs
• Introducing new hazardous drugs in a USP 800 compliant facility
• Exceptions to list of USP 800 hazardous drugs
• Discussion of investigational drugs in USP 800 guideline
• Under what circumstances do hazardous drugs fall outside of USP 800 guidelines
• Discussion of “assessment of risk” in USP 800 guidelines
• Areas governed by USP 800
• How does USP 800 address storage of hazardous drugs
• How does USP 800 address compounding of hazardous drugs
• When is a negative pressure room required under USP 800
• How many air changes does USP 800 require
• What additional space does USP 800 require
• How does USP 800 address refrigeration of hazardous drugs
• Locations of refrigerated storage of hazardous drugs in USP 800
• Location of exhaust relative to refrigerator in USP 800
• Discussion of details of storage room shelving in USP 800
• Seismic considerations discussed in USP 800
• Discussion of which drugs go into the USP 800 storage room
• Storage of sterile and non-sterile hazardous drugs in USP 800
• Under what circumstances can sterile and non-sterile drugs be stored in the same room in USP 800
• Discussion of compounding vs. fixed formulations in USP 800
• Types of controls related to the compounding process in USP 800
• C-PEC in USP 800
• C-SEC in USP 800
• Closed-system, drug transfer device in USP 800
• When is an ISO-5 environment required in USP 800
• When is an ISO-7 environment required in USP 800
• When is a negative-pressure room required in USP 800
• USP 800 discussion of loss of power
• USP 800 discussion of emergency power
• Discussion of worker safety in USP 800
• Types of Biosafety Cabinets discussed in USP 800
• USP 800 eliminates available options that existed in USP 797
• USP 800 discussion of signage
• Location of spaces discussed in USP 800
• Receipt and unpacking of hazardous drugs as discussed in USP 800
• Water column measurements in USP 800
• What has to be externally vented in a USP 800 compliant pharmacy
• Air exchange rate requirements in USP 800
• USP 800 discussion of maintaining power to ventilation systems in a power outage
• Different USP 800 requirements for sterile compounding vs. non-sterile compounding
• Definition of non-sterile compounding in USP 800
• Definition of sterile compounding in USP 800
• Under what circumstances does USP 800 permit both sterile and nonsterile compounding in the same room
• Under what circumstances does USP 800 permit sterile compounding in a non-ISO space
• USP 800 discussion of segregated compounding area (C-SCA).
• USP 800 requirements for non-sterile compounding
• Carry-over of certain requirements from USP 797 in terms of cleanroom design in USP 800
• Discussion of USP 795, Pharmaceutical Compounding — Nonsterile Preparations, in USP 800
• Under what circumstances does USP 800 permit sterile and nonsterile compounding in the same room
• Relationship of storage and compounding spaces in USP 800
Author of this USP 800 article is William N. Bernstein, LEED AP, AIA, the principal of Bernstein & Associates Architects. His firm has been at the forefront of designing USP 797 and USP 800 compliant pharmacies across the US. He can be reached at info@bernarch.com.
Pharmacy design projects by Bernstein & Associates, Architects are featured on:
- www.bernarch.com/healthcare-design-pharmacy/ (Pharmacy Design by Bernstein & Assoc., Architects)
- www.twitter.com/pharmacydesign (Pharmacy Design on Twitter)
- www.pharmacydesign.org (the Pharmacy Design website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/pharmacy-design (Pharmacy Design on LinkedIn)
- https://www.facebook.com/pharmacydesigns/ (Pharmacy Design on Facebook)
- www.usp797.org (USP 797 news, USP 797 education, and USP 797 vendors)
- www.usp800.guru (USP 800 news, USP 800 education, and USP 800 vendors)
Follow Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Pharmacy Architecture and Design: http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-pharmacy/
USP 797 Architecture and Design: http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-usp-797-compliant-pharmacy-design-and-consulting/
USP 800 Architecture and Design: http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-usp-800-compliant-pharmacy-design-and-consulting/
Bernstein & Associates, Architects on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bernsteinarch
Bernstein & Associates, Architects on Blogger: http://bernarch.blogspot.com/
Bernstein & Associates, Architects on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bernstein-&-associates-architects
Bernstein & Associates, Architects on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bernsteinarchitects/
Follow Empire Projects, Inc.:
Healthcare project management services, see: http://empireprojects.com/healthcare-project-management/
Hospital project management services, see: http://empireprojects.com/healthcare-project-management-hospitals/
Empire Projects, Inc. on Twitter: https://twitter.com/empireprojects
Empire Projects, Inc.on Blogger: http://empireprojects.blogspot.com/
Empire Projects, Inc. on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/empire-projects-inc.
Empire Projects, Inc. on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/empireprojectsusa/
USP.org on Twitter: https://twitter.com/uspharmacopeia
USP.org Blog: http://qualitymatters.usp.org/
USP.org on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uspharmacopeia
USP.org on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USPharmacopeia
Follow USP800.guru:
USP800.guru on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/usp800
USP800.org on Blogger: http://usp800.blogspot.com/
USP800.org on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usp800-guru
USP800.org on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USP800
Follow USP797.org:
USP797.org on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/usp797
USP797.org on Blogger: http://usp797org.blogspot.com/
USP797.org on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usp797-org-inc-
USP797.org on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usp797
Follow PharmacyDesign.org:
PharmacyDesign.org on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pharmacydesign
PharmacyDesign.org on Blogger: http://pharmacydesigns.blogspot.com/
PharmacyDesign.org on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pharmacy-design
PharmacyDesign.org on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pharmacydesigns/
Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
1201 Broadway - #803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Behavioral Healthcare Project Designed by Bernstein & Associates Featured in Cover Story in June '15 Health Facilities Management
A new 25 bed behavioral healthcare facility in New York, designed by Bernstein & Associates, Architects with James M. Hunt AIA and the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group (bharchgroup.com) as design consultants, was featured in a cover story in Health Facilities Management in the June 2015 issue.
See http://www.hfmmagazine.com/display/HFM-news-article.dhtml?dcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HFM/Magazine/2015/Jun/behavioral-health-care-open-design
For additional behavioral healthcare architecture, by Bernstein & Associates, Architects with James M. Hunt AIA and the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group (www.bharchgroup.com) as design consultants see: http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-behavioral-health/
For more information about behavioral healthcare design and construction, including pharmacy, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects at:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com
Also in Hartford, Princeton, Charlottesville, and Los Angeles
See http://www.hfmmagazine.com/display/HFM-news-article.dhtml?dcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HFM/Magazine/2015/Jun/behavioral-health-care-open-design
For additional behavioral healthcare architecture, by Bernstein & Associates, Architects with James M. Hunt AIA and the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group (www.bharchgroup.com) as design consultants see: http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-behavioral-health/
For more information about behavioral healthcare design and construction, including pharmacy, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects at:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com
Also in Hartford, Princeton, Charlottesville, and Los Angeles
Radiology Architect's Design Approach to Reading Room Design Featured in Radiology Today
The Design Approach of radiology architect was featured in an article on Reading Room Design published in Radiology Today, see: http://www.radiologytoday.net/archive/rt0814p18.shtml
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is a well-known expert in radiology design, see: http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-radiology/
For more information about radiology design and construction, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects at:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com
Also in Hartford, Princeton, Charlottesville, and Los Angeles
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is a well-known expert in radiology design, see: http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-radiology/
For more information about radiology design and construction, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects at:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com
Also in Hartford, Princeton, Charlottesville, and Los Angeles
Behavioral Healthcare Project Designed by Bernstein & Associates Featured in January '15 Health Facilities Management
A new 25 bed behavioral healthcare facility in New York, designed by Bernstein & Associates, Architects with James M. Hunt AIA and the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group (bharchgroup.com) as design consultants, was featured in Health Facilities Management in the January 2015 issue.
See http://www.hfmmagazine.com/display/HFM-news-article.dhtml?dcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HFM/Magazine/2015/Jan/compliance-design-guidelines-behavioral-health
For additional behavioral healthcare architecture, by Bernstein & Associates, Architects with James M. Hunt AIA and the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group (www.bharchgroup.com) as design consultants see: http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-behavioral-health/
For more information about behavioral healthcare design and construction, including pharmacy, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects at:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com
Also in Hartford, Princeton, Charlottesville, and Los Angeles
See http://www.hfmmagazine.com/display/HFM-news-article.dhtml?dcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HFM/Magazine/2015/Jan/compliance-design-guidelines-behavioral-health
For additional behavioral healthcare architecture, by Bernstein & Associates, Architects with James M. Hunt AIA and the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group (www.bharchgroup.com) as design consultants see: http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-behavioral-health/
For more information about behavioral healthcare design and construction, including pharmacy, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects at:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com
Also in Hartford, Princeton, Charlottesville, and Los Angeles
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Radiology Design Article Published
Healthcare architecture firm Bernstein & Associates,
Architects (www.bernarch.com) is pleased
to announce the publication of a new article on Radiology Design, written by
healthcare architect William N. Bernstein, AIA, in the journal ADVANCE for
Imaging & Radiation Oncology.
For a full copy of the radiology design article, see http://imaging-radiation-oncology.advanceweb.com/ebook/magazine.aspx?EBK=IR111212#
Radiology room design topics covered in the article include:
radiology room design, radiology room safety, radiology room location,
radiology room engineering
upgrades, radiology room vibration and sound, radiology room shielding, radiology room planning, radiology room aesthetics, radiology room patient
comfort, radiology room lighting, radiology room acoustics, radiology
room finish and color selection, and the radiology room design of the future.
Additional radiology design information can be found on the
following radiology design website pages:
- For radiology office design see http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-radiology/
- For radiology design publications see http://bernarch.com/publications/
Additional ways to follow the radiology design work of the
firm include its radiology design website page at http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-radiology/,
radiology design blog at (http://bernarch.blogspot.com/search/label/Radiology%20Design)
and hospital design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/hospitals
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm
specializes in healthcare architecture, with a number of sub-specialties
including radiology planning and radiology design. The firm is run by William
N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known healthcare and radiology architect.
The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art radiology design.
For further Information about planning and design of a radiology
office suite, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
New York (Headquarters)
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
(Headquarters) 1201 Broadway-803, New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com
New York – Princeton – Hartford – Los Angeles
New Article Published on Trends in Hospital and Healthcare Design
For Immediate Release (02/28/09)
New Article Published on Trends in Hospital and Healthcare Construction
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new article on hospital and healthcare design trends.
The article has been published in the March 2009 edition of Hospital Newspaper.
The article discusses the latest healthcare design trends, and hospital design trends, in the following areas: Hospital Capital Budget, Hospital Financing, Specialty Hospitals, Planned Projects by Department, Patient Safety and Quality Improvements, Patient Room Improvements, Sustainable Design, and Reducing Capital and Operational Costs.
The article was written by the firm’s principle, a well-known expert in hospital and healthcare design, William N. Bernstein, AIA.
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm specializing in healthcare and laboratories. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of healthcare and hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable healthcare facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.
For publications see http://bernarch.com/publications/
For more information about hospital and healthcare design and construction, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, AIA
Principal - Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011
Office: 212.463.8200 - Fax: 212.463.9898
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com
New Article Published on Trends in Hospital and Healthcare Construction
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new article on hospital and healthcare design trends.
The article has been published in the March 2009 edition of Hospital Newspaper.
The article discusses the latest healthcare design trends, and hospital design trends, in the following areas: Hospital Capital Budget, Hospital Financing, Specialty Hospitals, Planned Projects by Department, Patient Safety and Quality Improvements, Patient Room Improvements, Sustainable Design, and Reducing Capital and Operational Costs.
The article was written by the firm’s principle, a well-known expert in hospital and healthcare design, William N. Bernstein, AIA.
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm specializing in healthcare and laboratories. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of healthcare and hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable healthcare facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.
For publications see http://bernarch.com/publications/
For more information about hospital and healthcare design and construction, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, AIA
Principal - Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011
Office: 212.463.8200 - Fax: 212.463.9898
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Sleep Center Design Article Features Bernstein & Associates Architects (www.bernarch.com)
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001
P: 212.463.0800
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com
Friday, May 25, 2012
Lab Design Article Features the Work of Lab Architect Bernstein
Lab design specialist Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that an article on lab design has been published which features the lab design work of the company principal.
The article looks at issues of lab design, lab planning, lab construction, and lab infrastructure. The article was published in spring 2012 by the publication Lab Manager Magazine (www.labmanager.com).
About Lab Architects Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Founded in 1990, this lab architecture firm specializes in all lab design types, including research lab design, clinical lab design, pharmaceutical lab design, biosafety lab design, medical device lab design, flavor and fragrance lab design, plant lab design, animal lab design, electronics lab design, and incubator lab design. Amongst the firm’s lab design publications are “Clinical Lab Design Trends” published in the Hospital Newspaper.
For further Information about planning and design of a lab, see http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-laboratories/, or contact lab architects Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001
P: 212.463.0800
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001
P: 212.463.0800
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Sleep Center Design Article to Feature Bernstein & Associates Architects (www.bernarch.com)
Healthcare Architects Bernstein & Associates, Architects (http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-miscellaneous/) is pleased to announce that an article on sleep center design will feature its sleep center design work.
The sleep center design article looks at issues of sleep center design, sleep center planning, sleep center construction, and sleep center infrastructure. The article is scheduled to be published in spring 2012 in ADVANCE for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine at http://respiratory-care-sleep-medicine.advanceweb.com/.
About Healthcare Architects Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm specializes in healthcare architecture, with a number of sub-specialties including cardiology planning and cardiology design. The firm is run by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known healthcare and hospital architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art healthcare design.
For further information about healthcare design and hospital design, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
New York, Hartford, Princeton, and Los Angeles
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com
The sleep center design article looks at issues of sleep center design, sleep center planning, sleep center construction, and sleep center infrastructure. The article is scheduled to be published in spring 2012 in ADVANCE for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine at http://respiratory-care-sleep-medicine.advanceweb.com/.
About Healthcare Architects Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm specializes in healthcare architecture, with a number of sub-specialties including cardiology planning and cardiology design. The firm is run by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known healthcare and hospital architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art healthcare design.
For further information about healthcare design and hospital design, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
New York, Hartford, Princeton, and Los Angeles
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Dialysis Facility Design Trends
Bernstein & Associates, Architects, creator of state-of-the-art healthcare and laboratory environments is pleased to announce the publication of an article on current dialysis facility design trends in the September 2011 issue of Renal Business Today. Topics discussed include:
- General dialysis facility layout strategies
- The importance of family-conscious dialysis design
- Balancing an open dialysis plan with patient privacy
- Flexibility to accommodate future advances in dialyzer technology
- The use of wing walls to subdivide a larger dialysis space
- Efficient use of dialysis facility space
- Customizing dialysis design for children, the elderly, or other patient populations
- The use of real or simulated natural lighting
- Optimal surface color palettes
- Patient entertainment
- Design strategies to reduce risk of infections
- HVAC system requirements
- The use of heat-sealed vinyl wall coverings
- Improving staff hand sanitization through design
- Waterless hand sanitization solutions
- The importance of proper water purification
- Water supply system requirements
- Alternatives to PVC plumbing
- Disposal areas for liquid waste
- The importance of environmentally friendly design
- The use of recycled building materials
- The competitive advantage provided by proper facility design
© 2011 by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Manu Venkat. Healthcare and lab design expert William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, PMI, CSI, AIA is the President of Bernstein & Associates, Architects Mr. Bernstein is a well-known expert in healthcare and laboratory design.
For Dialysis Facility Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-miscellaneous/
For more information on healthcare and lab design, contact:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001
P: 212.463.0800
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com
- General dialysis facility layout strategies
- The importance of family-conscious dialysis design
- Balancing an open dialysis plan with patient privacy
- Flexibility to accommodate future advances in dialyzer technology
- The use of wing walls to subdivide a larger dialysis space
- Efficient use of dialysis facility space
- Customizing dialysis design for children, the elderly, or other patient populations
- The use of real or simulated natural lighting
- Optimal surface color palettes
- Patient entertainment
- Design strategies to reduce risk of infections
- HVAC system requirements
- The use of heat-sealed vinyl wall coverings
- Improving staff hand sanitization through design
- Waterless hand sanitization solutions
- The importance of proper water purification
- Water supply system requirements
- Alternatives to PVC plumbing
- Disposal areas for liquid waste
- The importance of environmentally friendly design
- The use of recycled building materials
- The competitive advantage provided by proper facility design
© 2011 by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Manu Venkat. Healthcare and lab design expert William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, PMI, CSI, AIA is the President of Bernstein & Associates, Architects Mr. Bernstein is a well-known expert in healthcare and laboratory design.
For Dialysis Facility Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-miscellaneous/
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001
P: 212.463.0800
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Emergency Department Design Trends
Emergency Department Design Trends - New Article to be Published
Well known hospital architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of an article on current emergency department (ED) design trends. Topics discussed include:
- Trends in ED patient type and volume.
- How to start the ED design process.
- The impact of built-in design flexibility on ED longevity and quality of care.
- Different types of ED layouts.
- Advantages of “linear” and “pod” ED layouts.
- Prerequisites for a successful pod layout.
- Trends towards standardized exam rooms and “flexible-use planning”.
- Trends away from departmentally dedicated spaces within the ED.
- How to design and equip a flexible-use exam room.
- Specialties which need individualized spaces.
- Pre-admission rooms and pre-release observation units.
- The basics of Lean design guidelines.
- How to perform a pre-design Lean analysis.
- Advantages of optimizing workflow as the first step of the design process.
- Input required for a successful Lean analysis.
- The importance of minimizing cross-traffic and walking distances.
- The importance of promoting patient calm and comfort.
- The balance between visibility and patient privacy.
- Lighting considerations.
- Shielding of entryways for ambulance patients.
- Designing family and visitor-friendly exam rooms.
- The importance of proper technology selection.
- Self-service kiosks for registration and other purposes.
- The advantages of wireless PC technology linked to the ED network.
- The use of RFID tags and scanners to track patients and instantly update records.
- Importance of designing for possible disaster capacity scenarios.
- Inclusion of multiple entry portals for disaster situations.
- Isolated entrances for contaminated patients.
- Independent power and water systems.
- Engineering and support “modules” to enable more effective quarantine.
- Requirement for air-isolation rooms.
- Using waiting and parking spaces as care spaces in dire situations.
© 2010 by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Manu Venkat. Well known hospital architect Mr. Bernstein is a principal of hospital architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com), which is focused on smart hospital renovations for hospital clients, with offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles. The firm is known for innovative hospital planning, hospital design, hospital architecture and hospital interior design. Additional ways to follow the hospital design philosophy and hospital design news, is through the firm’s hospital design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com, as well as the firm’s hospital design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/hospitals
For more information about emergency department design, emergency department planning, emergency department architecture, and emergency department interior design, go to http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-emergency-departments/. Or please contact:
Hospital Architects in New York (Headquarters)
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 59 West 19th St, New York, NY 10011
Email: info@bernarch.com
Hospital Architects in Hartford
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103
Email: info@bernarch.com
Hospital Architects in Princeton
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 Email: info@bernarch.com
Hospital Architects in Los Angeles
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 1405 Woodruff Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90024
Email: info@bernarch.com
Well known hospital architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of an article on current emergency department (ED) design trends. Topics discussed include:
- Trends in ED patient type and volume.
- How to start the ED design process.
- The impact of built-in design flexibility on ED longevity and quality of care.
- Different types of ED layouts.
- Advantages of “linear” and “pod” ED layouts.
- Prerequisites for a successful pod layout.
- Trends towards standardized exam rooms and “flexible-use planning”.
- Trends away from departmentally dedicated spaces within the ED.
- How to design and equip a flexible-use exam room.
- Specialties which need individualized spaces.
- Pre-admission rooms and pre-release observation units.
- The basics of Lean design guidelines.
- How to perform a pre-design Lean analysis.
- Advantages of optimizing workflow as the first step of the design process.
- Input required for a successful Lean analysis.
- The importance of minimizing cross-traffic and walking distances.
- The importance of promoting patient calm and comfort.
- The balance between visibility and patient privacy.
- Lighting considerations.
- Shielding of entryways for ambulance patients.
- Designing family and visitor-friendly exam rooms.
- The importance of proper technology selection.
- Self-service kiosks for registration and other purposes.
- The advantages of wireless PC technology linked to the ED network.
- The use of RFID tags and scanners to track patients and instantly update records.
- Importance of designing for possible disaster capacity scenarios.
- Inclusion of multiple entry portals for disaster situations.
- Isolated entrances for contaminated patients.
- Independent power and water systems.
- Engineering and support “modules” to enable more effective quarantine.
- Requirement for air-isolation rooms.
- Using waiting and parking spaces as care spaces in dire situations.
© 2010 by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Manu Venkat. Well known hospital architect Mr. Bernstein is a principal of hospital architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com), which is focused on smart hospital renovations for hospital clients, with offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles. The firm is known for innovative hospital planning, hospital design, hospital architecture and hospital interior design. Additional ways to follow the hospital design philosophy and hospital design news, is through the firm’s hospital design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com, as well as the firm’s hospital design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/hospitals
For more information about emergency department design, emergency department planning, emergency department architecture, and emergency department interior design, go to http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-emergency-departments/. Or please contact:
Hospital Architects in New York (Headquarters)
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 59 West 19th St, New York, NY 10011
Email: info@bernarch.com
Hospital Architects in Hartford
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103
Email: info@bernarch.com
Hospital Architects in Princeton
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 Email: info@bernarch.com
Hospital Architects in Los Angeles
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 1405 Woodruff Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90024
Email: info@bernarch.com
Saturday, August 14, 2010
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
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
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Mobile Hospital Design
Mobile Hospital Design - New Article to be Published
Designing Mobile Hospitals
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of an article on design challenges and strategies for mobile hospitals, including hospital trailers, hospital ships or hospital boats, and airborne hospitals or hospital planes. Topics discussed include:
-Advantages and limitations of trailer-based facilities
-Designs to maximize patient capacity, operational efficiency, and organization in trailer hospitals
-Future large mobile hospitals comprised of specialized multi-trailer units
-Advantages and limitations of marine hospital platforms
-Changing roles of hospital ships
-Optimal size and hull design for a hospital ship
-The importance of near-shore anchoring and river navigation capability for hospital boats
-Utilization of a tent-based hospital shore facility to improve patient capacity
-Use of compartmentalization to decrease hospital ship deployment time and increase functionality
-Air handling and stability concerns pertaining to hospital ships
-Advantages and limitations of airborne hospitals and/or hospital planes
-Design differences between general care and specialty airborne hospitals
-Organizations of rooms within these hospitals planes
-Strategies to use limited fuselage space effectively in a hospital plane
-Security concerns for a hospital plane
-Managing the aircraft's center of gravity
-Air handling mechanisms to fight hospital infections
-The need for increased renal care capacity in all types of mobile hospitals
-Selecting equipment for a mobile hospital based on space and weight limitations
-The importance of carrying all hospital equipment necessary for basic mobile hospital operation
-The educational value of mobile hospitals
-How mobile hospitals can improve the quality of care for patients they do not directly treat
-Examples of mobile hospitals which have had success in the past, and analysis of the strategies which contributed to their success
© 2010 by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Manu Venkat. Well known hospital architect Mr. Bernstein is a principal of Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com), which is focused on smart renovations for hospital clients, with offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles. The firm is known for innovative hospital planning, hospital design, hospital architecture and hospital interior design. Additional ways to follow the hospital design philosophy and hospital design news, is through the firm’s hospital design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com, as well as the firm’s hospital design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/hospitals
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm specialized in hospital design and laboratory design. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable hospital facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.
For Hospital Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-hospitals
For more information about hospital planning, hospital architecture, and hospital interior design, please contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects as follows:
New York (Headquarters):
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor, 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
Designing Mobile Hospitals
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of an article on design challenges and strategies for mobile hospitals, including hospital trailers, hospital ships or hospital boats, and airborne hospitals or hospital planes. Topics discussed include:
-Advantages and limitations of trailer-based facilities
-Designs to maximize patient capacity, operational efficiency, and organization in trailer hospitals
-Future large mobile hospitals comprised of specialized multi-trailer units
-Advantages and limitations of marine hospital platforms
-Changing roles of hospital ships
-Optimal size and hull design for a hospital ship
-The importance of near-shore anchoring and river navigation capability for hospital boats
-Utilization of a tent-based hospital shore facility to improve patient capacity
-Use of compartmentalization to decrease hospital ship deployment time and increase functionality
-Air handling and stability concerns pertaining to hospital ships
-Advantages and limitations of airborne hospitals and/or hospital planes
-Design differences between general care and specialty airborne hospitals
-Organizations of rooms within these hospitals planes
-Strategies to use limited fuselage space effectively in a hospital plane
-Security concerns for a hospital plane
-Managing the aircraft's center of gravity
-Air handling mechanisms to fight hospital infections
-The need for increased renal care capacity in all types of mobile hospitals
-Selecting equipment for a mobile hospital based on space and weight limitations
-The importance of carrying all hospital equipment necessary for basic mobile hospital operation
-The educational value of mobile hospitals
-How mobile hospitals can improve the quality of care for patients they do not directly treat
-Examples of mobile hospitals which have had success in the past, and analysis of the strategies which contributed to their success
© 2010 by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Manu Venkat. Well known hospital architect Mr. Bernstein is a principal of Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com), which is focused on smart renovations for hospital clients, with offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles. The firm is known for innovative hospital planning, hospital design, hospital architecture and hospital interior design. Additional ways to follow the hospital design philosophy and hospital design news, is through the firm’s hospital design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com, as well as the firm’s hospital design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/hospitals
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm specialized in hospital design and laboratory design. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable hospital facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.
For Hospital Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-hospitals
For more information about hospital planning, hospital architecture, and hospital interior design, please contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects as follows:
New York (Headquarters):
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor, 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
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Hospital Design in the Developing World – New Article to be Published
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the upcoming publication of an article on hospital design in the developing world. The article will be published in the Hospital Newspaper.
The article discusses the following points, as they apply in a developing world setting:
-The role hospitals play in medical education
-The unique organization and catchment areas of district hospitals and clinics
-The importance of planning for future growth
-Financial constraints which can hinder hospital construction and operation
-Why sustainability must be prioritized
-Factors that can affect hospital accessibility
-The advantages of utilizing passive air conditioning solutions
-How to maximize interior ventilation
-The impact of building shape on ventilation
-Designs used to maximize interior floor space as well as ventilation and sunlight penetration
-The impact of window placement on ventilation
-Using building orientation to change exposure conditions in extreme environments, thereby regulating temperature
-The use of greenery to direct airflow into a structure, improving ventilation
-The use of landscaping to regulate temperature and create a more stable microenvironment surrounding the hospital
-The use of secondary structures such as awnings to regulate temperature
-Room occupancy considerations
-The advantages and disadvantages of using an open ward design as opposed to one consisting of many smaller rooms
-How to organize hospital departments to allow for non-disruptive growth of the structure
-How the use of repetitive, undifferentiated blocks can promote flexibility
-Advantages of using local labor and construction materials
-Energy efficiency strategies for construction and building maintenance
-The impact of high and low-tech methods on sustainability
-Energy generation and water collection methods
-Considerations pertaining to disaster preparedness
-How architectural style can affect patient comfort and the effectiveness of care
-Past projects which have used the aforementioned design strategies to great effect
The article was written by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Manu Venkat. Well known hospital architect Mr. Bernstein is a principal of Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com), which is focused on smart renovations for hospital clients, with offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles. The firm is known for innovative hospital planning, hospital design, hospital architecture and hospital interior design. Additional ways to follow the hospital design philosophy and hospital design news, is through the firm’s hospital design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com, as well as the firm’s hospital design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/hospitals
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm specialized in hospital design and laboratory design. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable hospital facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.
For Hospital Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-hospitals
For more information about hospital planning, hospital architecture, and hospital interior design, please contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects as follows:
New York (Headquarters):
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor
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
The article discusses the following points, as they apply in a developing world setting:
-The role hospitals play in medical education
-The unique organization and catchment areas of district hospitals and clinics
-The importance of planning for future growth
-Financial constraints which can hinder hospital construction and operation
-Why sustainability must be prioritized
-Factors that can affect hospital accessibility
-The advantages of utilizing passive air conditioning solutions
-How to maximize interior ventilation
-The impact of building shape on ventilation
-Designs used to maximize interior floor space as well as ventilation and sunlight penetration
-The impact of window placement on ventilation
-Using building orientation to change exposure conditions in extreme environments, thereby regulating temperature
-The use of greenery to direct airflow into a structure, improving ventilation
-The use of landscaping to regulate temperature and create a more stable microenvironment surrounding the hospital
-The use of secondary structures such as awnings to regulate temperature
-Room occupancy considerations
-The advantages and disadvantages of using an open ward design as opposed to one consisting of many smaller rooms
-How to organize hospital departments to allow for non-disruptive growth of the structure
-How the use of repetitive, undifferentiated blocks can promote flexibility
-Advantages of using local labor and construction materials
-Energy efficiency strategies for construction and building maintenance
-The impact of high and low-tech methods on sustainability
-Energy generation and water collection methods
-Considerations pertaining to disaster preparedness
-How architectural style can affect patient comfort and the effectiveness of care
-Past projects which have used the aforementioned design strategies to great effect
The article was written by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Manu Venkat. Well known hospital architect Mr. Bernstein is a principal of Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com), which is focused on smart renovations for hospital clients, with offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles. The firm is known for innovative hospital planning, hospital design, hospital architecture and hospital interior design. Additional ways to follow the hospital design philosophy and hospital design news, is through the firm’s hospital design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com, as well as the firm’s hospital design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/hospitals
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm specialized in hospital design and laboratory design. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable hospital facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.
For Hospital Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-hospitals
For more information about hospital planning, hospital architecture, and hospital interior design, please contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects as follows:
New York (Headquarters):
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor
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
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Hospital Design - A Smart Renovation Approach
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new hospital design article focused on a smart renovation approach. The article was published in the Hospital Newspaper.
Highlights of this hospital architecture article :
- The meaning of the term “smart renovation”
- How to increase efficiency and create a healthier hospital building for the patients, staff, and the environment
- Often a synonym for “green renovation”
- Best way to cut hospital energy costs is to use smarter hospital design to utilize water, electricity, and fuels more efficiently
- Healthier workplaces and homes can also result in healthier, more productive staff, visitors and owners
- “Retro-commission” of hospital architecture
- Reasons to utilize green design in hospital planing
- Green renovations, by increasing the efficiency of existing lighting and HVAC systems, cost the consumer considerably less to maintain.
- U.S. Federal Government has jumped on the green renovation bandwagon.
- There are numerous ways that hospital architects can design a hospital can be improved to reduce costs and lessen environmental impact.
- Hospital Lighting Cost Reduction: better lighting is one of the easiest ways to cut costs. - Basic improvements include fluorescent light bulbs, motion sensors to turn lights off when not needed, light sensors to dim the lights when natural lighting is sufficient, and individual desk lamps in place of overhead lighting.
- Break the lighting grid of hospital buildings into more sections so workers only need to turn on the necessary overhead lights.
- A design technique for a hospital architects to use natural lighting more
- Hospital HVAC Cost Reduction: installing better insulation and sealing heat leaks (which are found using an infra-red scanner,) fixing faulty mechanisms within the HVAC systems, and installing better-sealed windows, radiant in-floor heating, machines for recovering heat from used hot water, ventilation controls for individual desks, and programmable thermostats, energy-efficient appliances and hands-free faucets, which can be charged by ambient light.
- Some of the most popular and extravagant green ideas are solar panels and wind turbines for supplemental energy, geo-thermal heating, and Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs,) but these are all large investments.
- A number of hospitals have reaped the rewards of investing in better light and climate conditions and have seen huge returns on this investment.
- Smart renovations may mean adapting to modern technologies as well.
- The emphasis on smart design for hospitals and smart renovation for hospitals has been a growing trend in recent years.
- Implications for hospital plans
- For hospital facilities, the same rules apply as they do for other buildings. The facility must have room for, and money to fund, the necessary hospital planning. Surface changes to a medical facility can have a large impact, though, and shouldn’t be overlooked. Working to improve lighting conditions can make medical professionals’ jobs much easier and make the hospital experience friendlier and healthier for patients. Also, careful troubleshooting of HVAC systems can save a facility a significant amount of money.
- In terms of improving workflow, it can be a difficult but rewarding process for medical facilities. - With the new digital technologies, radiology rooms and other parts of hospitals can and should be decentralized to facilitate access to important medical information.
- Pneumatic tubing for the easy distribution of drugs is another way that hospitals can speed up many processes to save time and labor and, therefore, money.
© 2010 by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Ian Janer. Well known hospital architect Mr. Bernstein is a principal of Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com), which is focused on smart renovations for hospital clients, with offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles. The firm is known for innovative hospital planning, hospital design, hospital architecture and hospital interior design. Additional ways to follow the hospital design philosophy and hospital design news, is through the firm’s hospital design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com, as well as the firm’s hospital design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/hospitals
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm and specializing in the design and planning of radiology departments. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of healthcare and hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable healthcare facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.
For Hospital Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-hospitals/
For more information about hospital planning, hospital architecture, and hospital interior design, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA
Principal - Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011
Office: 212.463.8200 - Fax: 212.463.9898
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com
Highlights of this hospital architecture article :
- The meaning of the term “smart renovation”
- How to increase efficiency and create a healthier hospital building for the patients, staff, and the environment
- Often a synonym for “green renovation”
- Best way to cut hospital energy costs is to use smarter hospital design to utilize water, electricity, and fuels more efficiently
- Healthier workplaces and homes can also result in healthier, more productive staff, visitors and owners
- “Retro-commission” of hospital architecture
- Reasons to utilize green design in hospital planing
- Green renovations, by increasing the efficiency of existing lighting and HVAC systems, cost the consumer considerably less to maintain.
- U.S. Federal Government has jumped on the green renovation bandwagon.
- There are numerous ways that hospital architects can design a hospital can be improved to reduce costs and lessen environmental impact.
- Hospital Lighting Cost Reduction: better lighting is one of the easiest ways to cut costs. - Basic improvements include fluorescent light bulbs, motion sensors to turn lights off when not needed, light sensors to dim the lights when natural lighting is sufficient, and individual desk lamps in place of overhead lighting.
- Break the lighting grid of hospital buildings into more sections so workers only need to turn on the necessary overhead lights.
- A design technique for a hospital architects to use natural lighting more
- Hospital HVAC Cost Reduction: installing better insulation and sealing heat leaks (which are found using an infra-red scanner,) fixing faulty mechanisms within the HVAC systems, and installing better-sealed windows, radiant in-floor heating, machines for recovering heat from used hot water, ventilation controls for individual desks, and programmable thermostats, energy-efficient appliances and hands-free faucets, which can be charged by ambient light.
- Some of the most popular and extravagant green ideas are solar panels and wind turbines for supplemental energy, geo-thermal heating, and Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs,) but these are all large investments.
- A number of hospitals have reaped the rewards of investing in better light and climate conditions and have seen huge returns on this investment.
- Smart renovations may mean adapting to modern technologies as well.
- The emphasis on smart design for hospitals and smart renovation for hospitals has been a growing trend in recent years.
- Implications for hospital plans
- For hospital facilities, the same rules apply as they do for other buildings. The facility must have room for, and money to fund, the necessary hospital planning. Surface changes to a medical facility can have a large impact, though, and shouldn’t be overlooked. Working to improve lighting conditions can make medical professionals’ jobs much easier and make the hospital experience friendlier and healthier for patients. Also, careful troubleshooting of HVAC systems can save a facility a significant amount of money.
- In terms of improving workflow, it can be a difficult but rewarding process for medical facilities. - With the new digital technologies, radiology rooms and other parts of hospitals can and should be decentralized to facilitate access to important medical information.
- Pneumatic tubing for the easy distribution of drugs is another way that hospitals can speed up many processes to save time and labor and, therefore, money.
© 2010 by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Ian Janer. Well known hospital architect Mr. Bernstein is a principal of Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com), which is focused on smart renovations for hospital clients, with offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles. The firm is known for innovative hospital planning, hospital design, hospital architecture and hospital interior design. Additional ways to follow the hospital design philosophy and hospital design news, is through the firm’s hospital design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com, as well as the firm’s hospital design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/hospitals
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm and specializing in the design and planning of radiology departments. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of healthcare and hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable healthcare facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.
For Hospital Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-hospitals/
For more information about hospital planning, hospital architecture, and hospital interior design, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA
Principal - Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011
Office: 212.463.8200 - Fax: 212.463.9898
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com
Saturday, February 6, 2010
New Radiology Design Article Published
For Immediate Release (11/15/09)
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new radiology design article focused on universal room design. The article was published in Hospital Newspaper.
Highlights of this radiology planning article :
Differing requirements for detailed medical equipment specifications by architect and client, especially in terms of schedule of medical equipment purchase
- Healthcare clients need flexibility in the timing of their medical equipment purchase
- Impact on design and construction process of changes to medical equipment specs
- Some equipment spec changes impact project more than others
- In general, the later the change in spec, the greater the potential impact
- Medical equipment changes during a construction project: small and early is good, big and late is bad.
- Option for mitigating impact of equipment changes on a healthcare construction project
- “Universal Room” concept for minimizing impact of changes to medical equipment
- Methodology for Universal Room design process
- Pluses and minuses of the “Universal Room” concept
- Types of room design that could benefit from this unique approach to medical equipment planning: ct room design, radiology room design, mri design, mammography design
linear accelerator design, mri room design, nuclear medicine design, cat scan design
mammography room design, linear accelerator room design
The above article was written by radiology architect William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, of the well-known healthcare design and hospital design firm of Bernstein & Associates, Architects. The firm’s principle, Mr. Bernstein, is a well-known architect and radiology consultant in radiology department planning and design. Mr. Bernstein is a graduate of the Yale University School of Architecture, who has specialized in healthcare design and construction for over 30 years.
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm and specializing in the design and planning of radiology departments. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of healthcare and hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable healthcare facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.
For Radiology Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-radiology/
For more information about radiology department planning, design and construction, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA
Principal - Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011
Office: 212.463.8200 - Fax: 212.463.9898
Email: info@bernarch.comwww.bernarch.com
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new radiology design article focused on universal room design. The article was published in Hospital Newspaper.
Highlights of this radiology planning article :
Differing requirements for detailed medical equipment specifications by architect and client, especially in terms of schedule of medical equipment purchase
- Healthcare clients need flexibility in the timing of their medical equipment purchase
- Impact on design and construction process of changes to medical equipment specs
- Some equipment spec changes impact project more than others
- In general, the later the change in spec, the greater the potential impact
- Medical equipment changes during a construction project: small and early is good, big and late is bad.
- Option for mitigating impact of equipment changes on a healthcare construction project
- “Universal Room” concept for minimizing impact of changes to medical equipment
- Methodology for Universal Room design process
- Pluses and minuses of the “Universal Room” concept
- Types of room design that could benefit from this unique approach to medical equipment planning: ct room design, radiology room design, mri design, mammography design
linear accelerator design, mri room design, nuclear medicine design, cat scan design
mammography room design, linear accelerator room design
The above article was written by radiology architect William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, of the well-known healthcare design and hospital design firm of Bernstein & Associates, Architects. The firm’s principle, Mr. Bernstein, is a well-known architect and radiology consultant in radiology department planning and design. Mr. Bernstein is a graduate of the Yale University School of Architecture, who has specialized in healthcare design and construction for over 30 years.
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm and specializing in the design and planning of radiology departments. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of healthcare and hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable healthcare facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.
For Radiology Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-radiology/
For more information about radiology department planning, design and construction, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA
Principal - Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011
Office: 212.463.8200 - Fax: 212.463.9898
Email: info@bernarch.comwww.bernarch.com
Friday, January 1, 2010
Pharmacy Design Architect Featured in List of USP 797 Consultants
Bernstein & Associates, Architects, a nationally known healthcare design and hospital design architect, is pleased to announce that the firm has been featured for their usp 797 design expertise, in a list of usp 797 consultants in the November 2009 issue of Pharmacy Purchasing & Products.
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is well-known for pharmacy plans, pharmacy designs, pharmacy interior design, and pharmacy architecture, including a sub-specialty in pharmacy 797 projects. This pharmacy design group has designed over twenty new usp 797 compliant pharmacies, pharmacy renovations, and pharmacy relocations in the past five years. The firm is featured on the pharmacy design website, www.pharmacydesign.org, and the usp 797 website, www.usp797.org. The firm's principal architect --- William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA --- is a well known pharmacy planner. He has written extensively on pharmacy design and pharmacy construction including usp 797 compliant pharmacies. Mr. Bernstein's pharmacy design articles can be found on www.pharmacydesign.org, and his usp 797 articles can be found on the usp 797 website www.usp797.org.
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects has specialized in the following areas since the firm’s founding in 1990: healthcare design, hospital design, medical design, medical office design, healthcare architects, hospital architecture, health care design, healthcare architecture, hospital buildings, and healthcare interior design. Amongst the firm’s healthcare design specialties is
. This architecture firm is well-known for the planning, design and construction of pharmacies, including usp 797 compliant pharmacy design and construction. The firm's principal --- William N. Bernstein, AIA --- is a well known pharmacy architect who has written extensively on pharmacy design and construction including usp 797 compliant pharmacies. Mr. Bernstein's usp 797 articles can be found on the usp 797 website http://www.usp797.org/.
For Pharmacy Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-pharmacy/
For more information about healthcare architecture and healthcare interior design, hospital, including pharmacy layout design and pharmacy architecture, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects at:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th Street - 6A, New York, NY 10011
Tel: 212.463.8200
Fax: 212.463.9898
email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is well-known for pharmacy plans, pharmacy designs, pharmacy interior design, and pharmacy architecture, including a sub-specialty in pharmacy 797 projects. This pharmacy design group has designed over twenty new usp 797 compliant pharmacies, pharmacy renovations, and pharmacy relocations in the past five years. The firm is featured on the pharmacy design website, www.pharmacydesign.org, and the usp 797 website, www.usp797.org. The firm's principal architect --- William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA --- is a well known pharmacy planner. He has written extensively on pharmacy design and pharmacy construction including usp 797 compliant pharmacies. Mr. Bernstein's pharmacy design articles can be found on www.pharmacydesign.org, and his usp 797 articles can be found on the usp 797 website www.usp797.org.
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects has specialized in the following areas since the firm’s founding in 1990: healthcare design, hospital design, medical design, medical office design, healthcare architects, hospital architecture, health care design, healthcare architecture, hospital buildings, and healthcare interior design. Amongst the firm’s healthcare design specialties is
. This architecture firm is well-known for the planning, design and construction of pharmacies, including usp 797 compliant pharmacy design and construction. The firm's principal --- William N. Bernstein, AIA --- is a well known pharmacy architect who has written extensively on pharmacy design and construction including usp 797 compliant pharmacies. Mr. Bernstein's usp 797 articles can be found on the usp 797 website http://www.usp797.org/.
For Pharmacy Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-pharmacy/
For more information about healthcare architecture and healthcare interior design, hospital, including pharmacy layout design and pharmacy architecture, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects at:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th Street - 6A, New York, NY 10011
Tel: 212.463.8200
Fax: 212.463.9898
email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Bernstein & Associates Featured on Therapeutic Environment Website
Well known healthcare design firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects has been featured on the therapeutic website found at www.therapeuticenvironment.com.
The Therapeutic Environment website which can be found at www.therapeuticenvironment.com has been launched as a tool for the healthcare industry.
Those consumers and administrators interested in the Therapeutic Environment will find this site very useful.
Therapeutic Environment offers consumers, facility managers purchasing agents, and business owners a comprehensive directory for all products and services needed to design build and equip healthcare and laboratory facilities.
What you fill find on Therapeutic Environment:- Therapeutic Environment Design Services for the Early Planning and Design Phases - Therapeutic Environment Construction Services for the Construction Build-Out - Therapeutic Environment Project Management Services to Manage the Design and Construction Process - Therapeutic Environment Building Products - Therapeutic Environment Equipment - Therapeutic Environment Furniture - Therapeutic Environment Software
For more information about the therapeutic environment, visit www.therapeuticenvironment.com .
For Medical Office see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-medical-offices/
For more information about hospital design and medical office design, visit Bernstein & Associates, Architects at www.bernarch.com.
The Therapeutic Environment website which can be found at www.therapeuticenvironment.com has been launched as a tool for the healthcare industry.
Those consumers and administrators interested in the Therapeutic Environment will find this site very useful.
Therapeutic Environment offers consumers, facility managers purchasing agents, and business owners a comprehensive directory for all products and services needed to design build and equip healthcare and laboratory facilities.
What you fill find on Therapeutic Environment:- Therapeutic Environment Design Services for the Early Planning and Design Phases - Therapeutic Environment Construction Services for the Construction Build-Out - Therapeutic Environment Project Management Services to Manage the Design and Construction Process - Therapeutic Environment Building Products - Therapeutic Environment Equipment - Therapeutic Environment Furniture - Therapeutic Environment Software
For more information about the therapeutic environment, visit www.therapeuticenvironment.com .
For Medical Office see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-medical-offices/
For more information about hospital design and medical office design, visit Bernstein & Associates, Architects at www.bernarch.com.
Monday, October 19, 2009
New Article on USP 797 Compliance Published
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new article about USP 797 compliance. The article was published on USP 797 (www.usp797.org), the website focused on design, construction and operation of USP 797 compliant pharmacies.
The article discusses the following:
- An interesting survey of USP 797 compliance in the United States in 2009 was recently published in Pharmacy Purchasing & Products magazine (www.pppmag.com).
- The survey looks at various areas of USP 797 compliance.
- It begins with results of the most basic question: how many directors of pharmacy have read the USP 97 regulation
- Partial or full pharmacy compliance with USP 797 has also grown
- Full compliance with USP 797 is measured differently
- The approach of regulatory bodies towards USP 797
- State boards of pharmacy and USP 797 compliance
- JCAHO and USP 797 compliance
- Hospitals reporting a patient incident involving a compounding error during the past five years
- Continuing improvement in USP 797 compliance in pharmacies in the United States, as well as increased focus on USP 797 compliance by state pharmacy boards and JCAHO.
About the Author:
William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA is the principal of Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com) and president of Equipment Planning, Inc. (www.equipmentplanning.org). This architecture firm and equipment planning firm are well-known for pharmacy planning, pharmacy design and pharmacy architecture, including a sub-specialty in usp 797 compliant pharmacy design and construction. These pharmacy consulting firms have designed and equipment planned over twenty new pharmacies, pharmacy renovations, and pharmacy relocations in the past five years. The firm's principal --- William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA --- is a well known pharmacy architect and pharmacy equipment planner. He has written extensively on pharmacy design and pharmacy construction including usp 797 compliant pharmacies. Mr. Bernstein's pharmacy design articles can be found on www.pharmacydesign.org, and his usp 797 articles can be found on the usp 797 website www.usp797.org.
For USP 797 Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-usp-797-compliant-pharmacy-design-and-consulting/
For more information about pharmacy planning, pharmacy design and pharmacy construction, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects at:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A, NY, NY 10011
T: 212.463.8200
F: 212.463.9898
E: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com
For more information about pharmacy equipment planning, and pharmacy automation equipment specifications and planning, contact Equipment Planning, Inc. at:
Equipment Planning, Inc.
59 West 19th Street - 6A, NY, NY 10011
T: 212.463.08200
F: 212.463.9898
E: info@equipmentplanning.org
www.equipmentplanning.org
The article discusses the following:
- An interesting survey of USP 797 compliance in the United States in 2009 was recently published in Pharmacy Purchasing & Products magazine (www.pppmag.com).
- The survey looks at various areas of USP 797 compliance.
- It begins with results of the most basic question: how many directors of pharmacy have read the USP 97 regulation
- Partial or full pharmacy compliance with USP 797 has also grown
- Full compliance with USP 797 is measured differently
- The approach of regulatory bodies towards USP 797
- State boards of pharmacy and USP 797 compliance
- JCAHO and USP 797 compliance
- Hospitals reporting a patient incident involving a compounding error during the past five years
- Continuing improvement in USP 797 compliance in pharmacies in the United States, as well as increased focus on USP 797 compliance by state pharmacy boards and JCAHO.
About the Author:
William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA is the principal of Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com) and president of Equipment Planning, Inc. (www.equipmentplanning.org). This architecture firm and equipment planning firm are well-known for pharmacy planning, pharmacy design and pharmacy architecture, including a sub-specialty in usp 797 compliant pharmacy design and construction. These pharmacy consulting firms have designed and equipment planned over twenty new pharmacies, pharmacy renovations, and pharmacy relocations in the past five years. The firm's principal --- William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA --- is a well known pharmacy architect and pharmacy equipment planner. He has written extensively on pharmacy design and pharmacy construction including usp 797 compliant pharmacies. Mr. Bernstein's pharmacy design articles can be found on www.pharmacydesign.org, and his usp 797 articles can be found on the usp 797 website www.usp797.org.
For USP 797 Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-usp-797-compliant-pharmacy-design-and-consulting/
For more information about pharmacy planning, pharmacy design and pharmacy construction, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects at:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A, NY, NY 10011
T: 212.463.8200
F: 212.463.9898
E: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com
For more information about pharmacy equipment planning, and pharmacy automation equipment specifications and planning, contact Equipment Planning, Inc. at:
Equipment Planning, Inc.
59 West 19th Street - 6A, NY, NY 10011
T: 212.463.08200
F: 212.463.9898
E: info@equipmentplanning.org
www.equipmentplanning.org
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