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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has launched a tool intended to assist non-healthcare design professionals with identifying alternate sites suitable for patient care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span>
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As communities across the country race to expand available hospital bed space in response to COVID-19, an American Institute of Architects<\/a> (AIA) taskforce<\/a> is providing the COVID-19 Alternate Care Sites Assessment Tool<\/a> for public officials to quickly identify buildings suitable to be adapted for patient care.<\/p>\n

The tool provides a checklist highlighting important areas to consider when evaluating buildings, such as convention centers, sports arenas, community centers, hotels, dormitories, and other spaces to be used for temporary healthcare operations during a pandemic. The tool is intended to help individuals\u2014who are not healthcare design experts\u2014with a rapid evaluation of buildings compatible for supporting patient care operations while providing for the needs and safety of healthcare staff and patients and mitigating the spread of disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis tool is geared toward flexible and rapid decision-making during a public health pandemic,\u201d said taskforce chair Molly Scanlon, FAIA, FACHA, who is an environmental health scientist at Phigenics<\/a>. \u201cOur goal was to synthesize decades of healthcare knowledge and experience into a checklist reflecting the key essential elements of healthcare operations to reduce risk and increase safety at an alternative care site.\u201d<\/p>\n

The taskforce developed the tool using healthcare design best practices and standards in combination with federal documents issued during the COVID-19 crisis. Additionally, professional input was provided from trained and experienced healthcare architects, engineers, life-safety consultants, frontline health workers, and hospital facility operations. Click here<\/a> to find a comprehensive briefing of the taskforce\u2019s initiatives.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the taskforce launched an online resource<\/a> to facilitate sharing of built environment solutions when responding to COVID-19 surge capacity. As part of the effort, architects, designers, engineers, and facility managers are asked to provide project information and images of COVID-19 alternate care sites into an online database. The facility and its location will appear on an online global map<\/a> produced and quality controlled by the University of Kansas\u2019 Institute of Health + Wellness Design. The taskforce developed the tool to catalog current public health and healthcare facility response and to create a research database for future pandemics.<\/p>\n

AIA\u2019s taskforce was launched to support the COVID-19 response. It comprises architects with a wide range of expertise, including healthcare facility design, urban design, public health, and disaster assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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