Cardiology Office Design Commission Awarded to Bernstein & Associates

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that it has been selected to plan and design new cardiology offices for a prominent cardiology practice in New York.

The project includes cardiology planning and cardiology design of cardiology exam rooms, nuclear camera room, stress test room, cardiology device room, cardiology consulting offices, and typical cardiology office support spaces.

About 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 cardiology architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art healthcare design. Amongst the firm’s specialty cardiology consulting services are: design of arrhythmia center master plans, design of hospital arrhythmia center departments, design of outpatient arrhythmia center facilities, and design of arrhythmia center room design including remote navigation system equipment by Stereotaxis.

For Cardiology Office Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-cardiology/

For further Information about planning and design of an arrhythmia center, cardiology department, and/or cardiology clinics, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

New York (Headquarters)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway-803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-237-3750
F: 860-237-3751
Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-241-7370
F: 609-241-7371
Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-568-4610
F: 213-568-4611
Email: info@bernarch.com

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

Pharmacy Design Project Awarded to Pharmacy Architects Bernstein & Associates, Architects

Bernstein & Associates, Architects, is pleased to announce that it has been selected to provide pharmacy design consulting for a new USP 797 compliant outpatient pharmacy in New York. Services will include pharmacy programming, pharmacy adjacency diagrams, pharmacy flow diagrams, pharmacy equipment planning, and USP 797 pharmacy design.

The pharmacy project is a complete new pharmacy. The project includes all new ISO 7 anteroom, ISO 7 hazardous compounding room, and iso 7 non-hazardous compounding room. The facility is a state-of-the-art pharmacy that includes the latest pharmacy automation equipment.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects has specialized in healthcare and lab design and construction since the firm's founding in 1990. This architecture firm is well-known for pharmacy planning, pharmacy design and pharmacy construction, including USP 797 compliant pharmacy design and construction. The firm's principal --- William N. Bernstein, AIA --- is a well known architect of pharmacies. He 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 and hospital design and construction, including pharmacy design and construction, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects at:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC

New York:
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001
T: 212.463.8200
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

Lab Design Project Awarded to Well Known Lab Architect

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that it has been selected to plan and design a new clinical lab for a prominent hospital in Pennsylvania.

The lab design project involves the creation of a state-of-the-art clinical lab, providing a full range of clinical tests. The lab design will stress lean lab design, lab automation, efficiency, and flexibility.

About 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 Lab Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-laboratories/

For further Information about planning and design of a lab, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
New York, Hartford, Princeton, and Los Angeles
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

Hospital Design Expert Witness Services

Attorneys who litigate cases involving hospital design are increasingly obtaining their expert witness services for hospital design from Bernstein & Associates, Architects.

Recent Hospital Design Cases where Expert Witness Services have been provided or are being provided include: an Acute Care Hospital in Greenville, North Carolina; an academic medical center/hospital in Charlotte, NC, and an academic medical center/hospital in Philadelphia, PA.

Recent Healthcare Design Cases where Expert Witness Services have been provided or are being provided include: a medical office building in Brooklyn, NY; a medical office in New York, NY; and an outpatient surgery center in Long Island, NY.

The Hospital Design Expert Witness division of Bernstein & Associates, Architects offers a full range of expert analysis and expert witness services related to hospital design and hospital design. The hospital design expert witness services provided by Bernstein & Associates, Architects include hospital design expert witness analysis, hospital design expert witness report, and hospital design expert witness testimony on: hospital design archive records, hospital design building codes, hospital design change orders, hospital design code and standards research, hospital design codes, hospital design bid documents, hospital design contract documents, hospital design contract drawings, hospital design cost estimates, hospital design depositions, hospital design drawing exhibits, hospital design drawings, hospital design expert report, hospital design expert reports, hospital design field conditions, hospital design hospital design fire-rated design assemblies, hospital design industry standards, manufacturer's project, hospital design meeting minutes, hospital design payment requests, hospital design progress schedules, hospital design project files, hospital design project file documents, hospital design submittal logs, hospital design technical investigations, and hospital design technical reports.

Hospital design expert William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, PMI, CSI, AIA is the President of Bernstein & Associates, Architects and the head of its hospital design expert witness division. Mr. Bernstein is a well-known expert in hospital design, and leads a team of licensed architects, engineers and contractors with an average of twenty years experience in the expert witness industry. Bernstein & Associates, Architects provides a comprehensive hospital design expert witness solution for design and design industry cases.

For Hospital Design Expert Witness Services see, http://bernarch.com/hospital-design-expert-witness/

For more information on hospital construction expert witness services, contact:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001
P: 212.463.0800
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

Phlebotomy Design by Bernstein & Associates, Architects

Bernstein and Associates, Architects is pleased to announce it has been hired to prepare a new phlebotomy design in New York.

This phlebotomy design project involves the design of phlebotomy exam rooms, and phlebotomy equipment rooms. Additional phlebotomy room design is being provided for a phlebotomy reception and phlebotomy waiting.

Additional phlebotomy consulting services include phlebotomy interior design, and phlebotomy equipment planning.

For Medical Office Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-medical-offices/

For more information about phlebotomy design, phlebotomy designs, phlebotomy interior design, and phlebotomy equipment purchases, please contact well-known healthcare design architect, Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Phlebotomy Design in 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

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

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

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

Radiology Design by Bernstein and Associates, Architects in Boston, MA

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the completion of construction of a new outpatient radiology center, designed by the firm, in Boston, MA.

The project includes radiology planning and radiology room design of multiple radiology modalities including ultrasound room design, digital mammography room design and digital radiography room design. In addition, there is a separate women's center will have typical support space such as dressing rooms, offices, reception and waiting.

An important consideration in the design of this radiology renovation, is the requirement that the radiology center remain in continuous operation throughout the renovation. This requires careful consideration of the new radiology plan, in terms of how the radiology plan can be phased to allow the facility to remain in continuous operation.

The project was designed to reinforce the important role of the community health center in the health of the surrounding community.

About Bernstein and Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm specializes in healthcare architecture, with a number of sub-specialties including radiology design and construction. The firm is run by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known healthcare architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art healthcare design. Amongst the firm’s specialty radiology consulting services are: radiology master plans, hospital radiology departments, outpatient radiology facilities, and radiology room design including: ct room design, MRI room design, mammography room design, linear accelerator room design, cat scan room design, and
nuclear medicine room design.

The firm’s radiology work has been published extensively.

For Radiology Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-radiology/

For further Information about planning, designing and building a state-of-the-art radiology facility, contact Bernstein and Associates, Architects:

Radiology Office Design in 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