With our recent projects designed and constructed during #COVID19, Here're some quick tips to better understand the general rules of #IPAC & how to streamlining Out-of-Hospital Premises Inspection Program application #PublicHealthON
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New SHN Covid-19 test lab extension at Sunnybrook campus under construction. Contrasting the typical notion of a laboratory building, our team designed a building that will feel warm and welcoming to staff and researchers. #covid_19#lab#shncares#sunnybrookhsc#toronto#ongov
A courtyard was designed to serve as the connection between the existing and new building, and allows for natural light to enter the offices facing the courtyard, as well as provides a welcoming entrance to both buildings and a leisure space for staff. 2/2 #toronto#ongov#canada
New SHN Covid-19 test lab extension at Sunnybrook campus to be completed by early 2021. Contrasting the typical notion of a laboratory building, our team designed a building that will feel warm and welcoming to staff and researchers. 1/2 #covid_19#lab#shncares#sunnybrookhsc
I’m worried. @UHN We’ve gone from zero (0) covid inpts for some weeks to seven (7) inpts - the majority in ICU. It’s time to act! We know how to turn the tide on increasing cases of Covid. Mask. Physically distance. Hand wash. Limit gatherings. Test. Trace. Isolate. Get serious
2/2 We studied workflows of healthcare professionals and existing building systems with consultants @hh_angus@stephensoneng. Every detail is ergonomically fit to create a comfortable and safe work environment supported by natural light. @SHNcares#toronto#Covid_19#ppe
1/2 Construction begins today to convert inpatient rooms to negative pressure or airborne infection isolation rooms (AIIR) to equip frontline healthcare workers at Scarborough Health Network in combating Covid-19.
@SHNcares#scarbto#ppe#Covid_19#FrontLineHeroes
2/2 By distributing large volumes of patients to multiple pods, careful studying of physician and patient flow, lowering wait times & utilizing space to its optimum capacity, all the while maintaining sense of comfort and safe distances. #HealthcareHeroes#healthcaredesign
In his new book, Reframed, @StuartShanker lays out the 3 principles that ground Self-Reg:
- There is no such thing as a bad, lazy, or stupid kid.
- All people can learn to self-regulate
- There is no such thing as a "fixed outcome"
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It’s World Health Day, and we owe a profound debt of gratitude to all our medical professionals. They’re still giving their all for us every day, at great risk to themselves, and we can’t thank them enough for their bravery and their service.
Architecture is data, but monumental and tangible. When responsive, a building (as a living system) requires activation. Human conviviality flows from one space to the next. It will be effortless-yet-deliberate. #tectonicinfluence#architecture#activesensorysystems#wellness