Best Practices in Healthcare Construction

In any healthcare facility, patient care is everything. Unfortunately, thousands fall victim every year to infections caused by contaminants released into the environment during construction projects.

Often, tight budgets and other factors environment force healthcare officials to opt for remodeling of existing facilities instead of building new ones. It’s that shift which is creating new challenges and potential risks, including exposing patients to contaminants that can lead to hospital acquired infections, which kill more than 100,000 people yearly. Adding to the human loss are the medical costs of these infections, which range as high as $45 billion a year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The critical mission, therefore, is to complete construction without releasing contaminants or disrupting daily operations, while also meeting project schedules.

In response, we created what is now a nationally-acclaimed Construction ICRA program. We engaged leading infection control experts to guide development of an exclusive training program that teaches carpenters specifically how to achieve these goals.

This program — Infection Control Risk Assessment Best Practices in Healthcare Construction ’ creates construction ICRA professionals who know how to contain pathogens, control airflow, protect patients, and work without disrupting adjacent operations.