Harvey M A
Consultants in Critical Care Inc, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1998 Aug;19(8):597-601. doi: 10.1086/647881.
Hospitals in the process of building or renovating intensive-care units (ICUs) often establish multidisciplinary design teams. However, these teams rarely include infection control professionals. Because nosocomial infection is common in the ICU, design features can affect the risk of infection transmission, and outbreaks can occur during construction, this exclusion seems short-sighted. Infection control professionals are familiar with the relevant research, as well as the regulations and guidelines related to ICU design and infection control practices. Not only is their input essential to the design and construction of safe and effective units but their presence on the design team can allow the prospective collection of comparative data to turn the building project into a research project.
正在建设或翻新重症监护病房（ICU）的医院通常会组建多学科设计团队。然而，这些团队很少包括感染控制专业人员。由于医院感染在ICU中很常见，设计特点会影响感染传播风险，且在建设过程中可能发生疫情，这种排除似乎目光短浅。感染控制专业人员熟悉相关研究以及与ICU设计和感染控制实践相关的法规和指南。他们的投入不仅对安全有效的病房设计和建设至关重要，而且他们在设计团队中的存在可以使前瞻性收集比较数据，从而将建筑项目转变为研究项目。
